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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: In an effort to ameliorate the potential discriminatory impact of facial recognition technologies on people of color, women, and other groups, Portland, Ore., recently joined a growing number of jurisdictions limiting the use of facial recognition technology. The ordinance, which went into effect on January 1, 2021, is the first in the country to prohibit certain uses of these technologies by private businesses. Another ordinance bann...

Exhibit 1: COVID-19 Impact on Travel & Tourism Industry: Growth Rate (%) of Industry Revenues in Select Countries for 2020 Vs 2019 II-2 International Tourist Arrivals by Region for 2019 and Q1 2020 II-3 COVID-19 Proving Disastrous for Tourism-Oriented Countries II-3 Exhibit 3: Countries with Maximum Vulnerability to COVID-19 Impact on Tourism Industry: Travel & Tourism Industry as % of GDP by Country for 2019 II-4 Digitalization Augurs Well for the Market II-5 With Travel Industry Hit ...

Portland, Oregon’s Facial Recognition Ordinance Goes Into Effect January 1, 2021 Companies that do business in Portland, Oregon may need to add one more item to their holiday to-do list: disable face recognition technologies in Portland. Portland’s new ordinance, which goes into effect on January 1, broadly prohibits the use of face recognition technologies by private entities in places of public accommodation. Violators can be sued and are subject to damages and other relief, including st...