NTIA should “convene industry stakeholders and privacy advocates...
NTIA should “convene industry stakeholders and privacy advocates to establish consensus-driven best practices” for facial recognition technology, Senate Privacy Subcommittee Chairman Al Franken, D-Minn., wrote Administrator Lawrence Strickling. “Our privacy laws provide no express protections for facial recognition data.” Franken…
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said his letter was prompted by Facebook’s expansion of its facial recognition database -- the technology that enables the social networking site to recognize users in posted pictures and make tagging suggestions. The letter said Franken questioned Facebook on its facial recognition practices during a congressional hearing and a letter to the company in September, which asked how many faceprints the company had stored. Franken said he was not satisfied with Facebook’s responses and its claim that the number of faceprints stored is proprietary information. “I will be exploring legislation to protect the privacy of biometric information, particularly facial recognition technology,” Franken said: Technology developers “won’t be waiting for us,” he said, so the NTIA should “take up this subject … as quickly as possible.” NTIA acknowledged it had received the letter and plans to respond.