Of course penalties for non-compliance have gone up. But collecting biometric data without explicit and informed opt-in, is already against the laws of many EU member states, and has been for nearly a decade. Facebook…
GDPR is red herring. Current laws already require opt-in when collecting biometric data. From 2011: > The Hamburg data protection authority on Tuesday ruled that Facebook’s facial recognition feature, which attempts to…
There is something legally wrong in multiple EU member states: Collecting biometric data without user consent was ruled illegal. > Facebook has introduced this [facial recognition] function in Europe without informing…
Of course penalties for non-compliance have gone up. But collecting biometric data without explicit and informed opt-in, is already against the laws of many EU member states, and has been for nearly a decade. Facebook…
GDPR is red herring. Current laws already require opt-in when collecting biometric data. From 2011: > The Hamburg data protection authority on Tuesday ruled that Facebook’s facial recognition feature, which attempts to…
There is something legally wrong in multiple EU member states: Collecting biometric data without user consent was ruled illegal. > Facebook has introduced this [facial recognition] function in Europe without informing…