Target Hit with Class-Action Lawsuit Claiming it Violated Illinois' Biometric Privacy Law
(NBC Chicago, Apr 15, 2024)
The lawsuit, filed March 11 in a Cook County Court, alleges Target's surveillance systems "surreptitiously" collects biometric data on customers without them knowing.
Maryland Bill on Police Use of Facial Recognition is ‘Strongest Law in the Nation’
(Biometric Update, Apr 15, 2024)
The SIA says the regulation will impose “extensive requirements” applicable to any agency using facial recognition, which are broadly in line with SIA’s Principles for the Responsible and Effective Use of Facial Recognition. SIA Senior Director of Government Relations Jake Parker says the bill “provides maximum transparency, accountability and safeguards to address public concerns, without placing undue limits on investigative tools used every day by our law enforcement professionals to solve crimes and keep Marylanders safe.”
Government Dismisses Lords’ Concerns Over Facial Recognition
(ComputerWeekly.com, Apr 15, 2024)
UK government is claiming police forces’ use of live facial recognition is comprehensively covered by existing laws, in response to a Lords investigation that found police lacked a clear legal basis to deploy it
EU’s AI Act Fails to Protect the Rule of Law and Civic Space
(ComputerWeekly.com, Apr 15, 2024)
The ECNL’s evaluation of the Act identifies five fundamental flaws, where gaps in legislation, loopholes and secondary resolutions could “easily undermine the safeguards established by the AI Act, further eroding the fundamental rights and rule of law standards in the long term”. This includes the blanket exemption placed on national security AI use cases, including for “remote biometric identification”; limited avenues of redress of individuals; and weak impact assessment requirements.
Apple Supports the Reuse of Biometric Sensors, Simplifying the Repair Process
(Biometric Update, Apr 15, 2024)
Apple has always maintained that part pairing guarantees users’ safety, security, and privacy by preventing the use of unknown parts in their devices. The company has emphasized that third-party biometric sensors can lead to unauthorized access to personal data without part pairing. Ternus told TechCrunch, “I think it’s led people to believe that we somehow block third-party parts from working, which we don’t. The way we look at it is, we need to know what part is in the device, for a few reasons. One, we need to authenticate that it’s a real Apple biometric device and that it hasn’t been spoofed or something like that. … Calibration is the other one.”
