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Data Collection Practices of Facial Biometrics Companies Criticized

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May 7, 2019

Data Collection Practices of Facial Biometrics Companies Criticized

Data Collection Practices of Facial Biometrics Companies Criticized
A pair of biometrics providers are drawing criticism for their data collection practices. Facial recognition company Suspect Technologies attempted to deploy its technology publicly and gain access to the Massachusetts driver license image database last year, according to Motherboard.\n\nThe Mark Cuban-backed Suspect Technologies repeatedly asked Plymouth Police Department Chief Michael Botieri to deploy its technology to help improve its algorithm. Motherboard was given emails between Botieri and Suspect Technologies Co-founder Jacob Sniff by Kade Crockford, the ACLU of Massachusetts Technology for Liberty Programs director. The company was pitching its recognition capabilities, along with features to search for people based on gender, ethnicity, and emotion recognition. In addition to access to the driver license database, the company sought to deploy its real-time facial recognition technology in building lobbies and public surveillance cameras.

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