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Campaigners demand halt to Vermont’s use of facial recognition

Despite use of facial recognition being banned under state law, Vermont's DMV is 'overstepping' the legislation, say campaigners

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DHS faces lawsuit over legality of forced warrantless device searches

Plaintiffs including a veteran, a NASA staffer and a journalist claim that their First and Fourth Amendment rights were breached by searches at the border

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Microsoft calls for laws on facial recognition, issues principles

Profits are nice, but "We don’t believe that the world will be best served by a commercial race to the bottom," says President Brad Smith.

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Tech giants back bill that privacy advocates claim is toothless

The main disagreement: if consumers will be able to delete their data or whether the law would give companies ways to wiggle out.

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DHS policies allow unlimited, warrantless device search

Newly revealed policies show border agents can search devices for pretty much any reason, including if some other agency asked them to.

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US visa applicants required to hand over social media info

As of Friday, it's no longer optional - the US is asking for five years of social media information.

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California outlaws facial recognition in police bodycams

The bill was introduced by Phil Ting: one of 26 state lawmakers misidentified as suspects in an ACLU test of the technology.

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Warrantless searches of devices at US borders ruled unconstitutional

The border is NOT a constitution-free zone, according to the ruling: No more suspicionless fishing expeditions into travelers' devices.

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Homeland Security sued over secretive use of face recognition

As of June 2019, CBP had processed more than 20 million travelers using facial recognition, civil rights group ACLU says.

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Clearview AI facial recogition sued again – this time by ACLU

Clearview AI, the company that's scraped billions of images to build a facial recognition system, is getting sued again.

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