State governments are increasingly restricting digital scanning and analysis of biometric data including faces, eyes and voice to protect privacy. Twenty-three states have passed or expanded laws limiting mass scraping of biometric information. Colorado now requires consent before facial or voice recognition is used and bans sale of the data. Texas law outlaws biometric collection without permission. Oregon requires consumer opt-in for face, eye and voice data collection. Facial recognition remains unregulated at the federal level. Tech companies have deployed facial recognition widely, occasionally retreating after legal challenges, while consumers gain conveniences but lack downstream control over biometric data use.
What we need are laws that change the behavior of technology companies,
Otherwise these companies will continue to profit on what should be our private information.
Facial recognition is everywhere. And partially, we're complicit in that. We get a convenience dividend by being able to open our phones easily, or get through airports faster, or access our finances,
But there's no downstream control over how our biometric data is used.
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