TikTok has updated its privacy policy to indicate it may start recording users facial features, voiceprint, and other biometric data. If it does, the company said, it will notify users where required by law.
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
On May 20, 2021, the Supreme Court of Illinois upheld the state appellate decision finding that that West Bend Mutual Insurance Company must defend its insured, a tanning salon, against a class-action lawsuit claiming violation of the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) under two business owners’ liability policies.
The plaintiff in the class action lawsuit purchased a membership from the tanning salon. As part of the use of the salon’s services, the plaintiff was required to provide the salon with her fingerprints for use in the salon’s client registration system. The tanning salon then provided that information to its third-party vendor for hosting. Specifically, the plaintiff alleged:
A Seventh Circuit Illinois court recently paused a litigation brought under Illinois’s Biometric Information Privacy Act BIPA, pending the outcome of several other cases which could be dispositive. See Herron v. Gold Standard Baking
Privacy and human rights organisations have asked data protection regulators in the UK, France, Austria, Italy and Greece to investigate controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI. They are seeking to ban the company’s activities in Europe, alleging that it is in breach of European data protection laws.
New Report and Scorecard Shows Which Retailers Are Using Facial Recognition on Shoppers, Employees
Published: May 26, 2021
Digital rights group Fight for the Future has launched a
new website and scorecard that tracks whether or not top retailers use, don’t use, or might use facial recognition on people in their stores. Walmart, Albertsons, Kroger, Lowes, and Macy’s are among the stores flagged as using facial recognition on shoppers and workers. Walgreens, McDonald’s, 7-11, and Best Buy are among retailers that have not clarified their policies.
Home Depot, Target, Costco, CVS, Dollar Tree, and Verizon confirmed to Fight for the Future that they are not using facial recognition in their stores.