A class action lawsuit alleges that Disney does not adequately inform amusement park guests that facial recognition scanning occurs at entrances to Disneyland and California Adventure. The complaint seeks at least $5 million for park visitors. It argues that guests should be able to expressly opt in to sensitive facial recognition technology through written consent, rather than placing the burden of privacy rights on the people scanned. Disney introduced facial recognition systems at both parks in April. The lawsuit claims Disney’s stated policy of disposing of acquired data within 30 days may be inaccurate because biometric information is compared to records tied to when guests bought tickets or annual passes and associated their pictures with those passes.
"Guests should be able to expressly opt in to this type of sensitive facial recognition technology with written consent - the onus of privacy rights should not be on the victim, writes Blake Yagman, a lawyer for the proposed class of visitors, in the complaint."
"Given how sensitive facial recognition data is, explicit written consent should be required to protect the privacy guests at Disney Theme Parks."
"Disney introduced facial recognition systems at the two parks in April. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney's policy is to dispose of the data it acquires from those platforms within 30 days. However, the suit argues that may not be accurate "given the biometric information is compared to when guests first bought tickets or annual passes and associated their pictures with those tickets or passes.""
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