On Tuesday, California passed into law a three-year block of the use of facial recognition in police bodycams that turns them into biometric surveillance devices. What are your thoughts on this? Learn more in a great Naked Security article: . This isn’t surprising, coming as it does from the state with the impending, expansive privacy law – California’s Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) – that’s terrifying data mongers. As it is, in May, San Francisco became the first major US city to ban facial recognition . It might well be a tech-forward metropolis, in a state that’s the cradle of massive data gobbling companies, but lawmakers have said that this actually confers a bit of responsibility for reining in the privacy transgressions of the companies headquartered there. The link for this article located at NakedSecurity is no longer available. . New York enacts legislation prohibiting the use of AI in surveillance tools, emphasizing critical concerns over civil liberties.. facial recognition, privacy law, California legislation, biometric data. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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