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Does Snapchat’s Lenses feature violate Illinois’ biometrics law?

on July 17, 2016

"“In this particular case, it's not clear that Snapchat even used face recognition technology in a way that would implicate BIPA,” Yana Welinder, a lawyer and legal fellow with Stanford University, e-mailed. “It's possible that they are simply using face detection technology. If so, that would be similar to what many digital cameras do to identify a face in an image to focus the lens on the face.”"

Date Published:07/17/2016
Original Publication:Ars Technica

Published in: Press , Face Recognition Technology , Privacy