1.
The FBI has access to 16 states', including Utah's, DMV photographs to be used for identification and other purposes. Utah itself collects facial recognition information for law enforcement purposes through their Statewide Information and Analysis Center (SIAC).
2.
Some of the commercial uses for facial recognition are:
- Fast food restaurants
- Airports
- Hotels
- Apps
- Department stores
- Fast food restaurants
- Airports
- Hotels
- Apps
- Department stores
3.
If you do not have a reasonable expectation of privacy, then by society’s standard, your privacy rights have not been violated.4.
The privacy concerns relating to face prints include:- Notice/consent
- Storage/retention
- Usage
- Access
- Data security
- Accuracy/data errors
- Regulation/compliance
- Protections against "big or little brother" (government and business)
5.
Utah is currently a one-party consent state. House bill 330 (a local Utah House of Rep. bill) would change it to an two-party consent state, joining the eleven other states of California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Washington who all practice two-party consent.
Personal obs.
Before learning about facial recognition issues and privacy relating to images, I had never really given it much thought. About a week before our class, I downloaded Google Arts & Culture, and took a picture of myself to see which portrait I best compared to. I hadn't even considered the implications of doing such, which are (not exhaustively) listed in takeaway no. 4. After discussing these sorts of issues this week, I'd probably think twice about taking a picture of my face and scanning it in to the internet without any idea of whether or not it will be retained or sold. The same goes for other camera-based apps on my phone, such as Snapchat, Instagram, or even FaceTime.
Good job, Ian on the weekly takeaways! Your observation that prior to our class you did not give any thought to the implications of uploading your image to the web is fairly typical. FYI, Google just announced that the Google Arts & Culture app will no longer be available in the states of Illinois and Texas. These two states ban the collection of biometric information from a person without express consent. Although the app requires consent before the selfie feature may be activated, Google officials have apparently decided they want to be extra cautious since the laws allow civil lawsuits if they are violated and Google has already been sued for violation of the Illinois law.
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