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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMan Suing Facebook Because It Recognizes His Face Even Though He Doesn’t Use Site
http://theantimedia.org/man-suing-facebook-because-it-recognizes-his-face-even-though-he-doesnt-use-site/Of the Earths 7.2 billion human beings, an estimated 1.49 billion people actively use Facebook on a monthly basis. The social media site has become both an invaluable tool for online activism and an endless stream of cats, food, and selfies. However, no matter how you use Facebook, the company more than likely has your face on file via its facial-recognition software. This software has lead Facebook Inc. to be sued four times this year for possible violations of Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act.
Currently, Facebooks software analyzes faces in photos to suggest tags of friends. However, the faces are stored in a database that has privacy advocates concerned. The latest complaint was filed by Frederick William Gullen of Illinois. Gullen does not have a Facebook account but claims Facebook made a template of his face after a friend uploaded a picture of him. Gullens complaint states:
Facebook is actively collecting, storing, and using without providing notice, obtaining informed written consent or publishing data retention policies the biometrics of its users and unwitting non-users Specifically, Facebook has created, collected and stored over a billion face templates (or face prints) highly detailed geometric maps of the face from over a billion individuals, millions of whom reside in the State of Illinois.
Although no federal law exists to govern the commercial use and collection of biometrics, Illinois and Texas have passed laws designed to protect the public. Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act made it illegal to collect and store faceprints without obtaining informed written consent. The law also made it illegal for companies to sell, lease, or otherwise profit from a customers biometric information. The lawsuits allege Facebook is violating BIPA because it makes faceprints without written consent.
Currently, Facebooks software analyzes faces in photos to suggest tags of friends. However, the faces are stored in a database that has privacy advocates concerned. The latest complaint was filed by Frederick William Gullen of Illinois. Gullen does not have a Facebook account but claims Facebook made a template of his face after a friend uploaded a picture of him. Gullens complaint states:
Facebook is actively collecting, storing, and using without providing notice, obtaining informed written consent or publishing data retention policies the biometrics of its users and unwitting non-users Specifically, Facebook has created, collected and stored over a billion face templates (or face prints) highly detailed geometric maps of the face from over a billion individuals, millions of whom reside in the State of Illinois.
Although no federal law exists to govern the commercial use and collection of biometrics, Illinois and Texas have passed laws designed to protect the public. Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act made it illegal to collect and store faceprints without obtaining informed written consent. The law also made it illegal for companies to sell, lease, or otherwise profit from a customers biometric information. The lawsuits allege Facebook is violating BIPA because it makes faceprints without written consent.
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Man Suing Facebook Because It Recognizes His Face Even Though He Doesn’t Use Site (Original Post)
KamaAina
Sep 2015
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Skittles
(153,169 posts)1. a pox on everyone who made that creepy site so popular
seriously:
I often feel like the lone holdout. Good to other like-minded in this thread.
J_J_
(1,213 posts)2. great news!
I freaking hate facebook and the fact that they are doing this.
KyleMcShades
(40 posts)3. Facebook creeps the hell out of me.
What creeps me out the most is how it knows who my friends and family are, including people I want nothing to do with anymore. And I often have no idea how they knew I knew these people. Really uncomfortable.
hunter
(38,318 posts)5. I think facebook belongs to the CIA, which itself belongs to the U.S. oligarchy and its allies.
I think Google belongs to space aliens studying our species, or else it has spontaneously achieved intelligence and is only pretending to be a dumb machine.