How ICE Reportedly Uses Clearview AI to Target Immigrants
(Inc., Apr 25, 2025)
Clearview’s faceprint database “creates a really disturbingly powerful tool for police that can identify nearly every person at a protest or a reproductive health facility or a house of worship with just photos of those people’s faces,” Surveillance Technology Oversight Project executive director Albert Fox Cahn told Mother Jones.
FTC Publishes Final COPPA Rule Amendments
(2025 Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Apr 25, 2025)
The Rule updates the definition of “personal information” to include “a biometric identifier that can be used for the automated or semi-automated recognition of an individual, such as fingerprints; handprints; retina patterns; iris patterns; genetic data, including a DNA sequence; voiceprints; gait patterns; facial templates; or faceprints[.]”
Government Cannot Rush Headlong into Facial Recognition Rollout Without Proper Oversight
(Social Democrats, Apr 25, 2025)
“This week’s comments from the Minister for Justice about the ‘well advanced’ work on introducing facial recognition technology are a glaring red flag. Once again, the government is ploughing ahead with a highly sensitive and potentially invasive technology without ensuring there are proper checks and balances in place.
USC Facial Recognition AI Research Makes Strides
(Carolina News Reporter, Apr 25, 2025)
A University of South Carolina research project on AI is working to aid American Sign Language users through facial recognition data. Most of the studies involve developing chips to use in facial recognition AI on small handheld or wearable devices. Facial expressions are a large part of communication in American Sign Language, which is a language of hand symbols.
What Happens if Biometric Data is Breached (and How to Prevent it)
(Forbes, Apr 25, 2025)
Unlike passwords, biometric data is unique to each individual, making it a powerful tool for verifying identity. However, this uniqueness also makes biometric data a prime target for cybercriminals.
