Article by
Sam Castic,
Shea Gordon Leitch,
Aravind Swaminathan and
Antony P. Kim
In just the last week, the New York State DMV announced an
upgrade to facial recognition software to catch identity thieves
trying to obtain fraudulent driver's licenses, and the Scottish
Professional Football League was denied a request for funding for
facial recognition at stadiums to track unacceptable conduct. Use
of technology and services that leverage biometrics – unique
physical or behavioral characteristics about a person – is
increasing, and privacy laws are hot on their trail with U.S.
states starting to consider and enact laws restricting how
companies can collect and use biometrics information, restricting
how long the information can be retained, and specifying how it
must be protected. This post tells you the high points you
need to know about U.S. biometrics privacy laws, and what to do to
avoid being the next lawsuit target. In a second, forthcoming
post, we
