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Regulators probe Facebook’s facial recognition
DaltheJigsaw
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A number of European privacy regulators are investigating Facebook’s facial recognition feature amid mounting concern about the technology, which attempts to identify people in photos uploaded to the website.
The social networking site has come under fire from the German, UK and Irish authorities for introducing the feature without permission from users.
“Again Facebook has changed its Privacy Declaration without the users’ consent. I do not think that Facebook’s action does conform to European and German data protection law,” said Peter Schaar, the German commissioner for data protection.
“As with any new technology, we would expect Facebook to be up front about how people’s personal information is being used,” said the UK Information Commissioner’s Office.
“The privacy issues that this new software might raise are obvious, and users should be given as much information as possible to give them the opportunity to make an informed choice about whether they wish to use it.” the office said. “We are speaking to Facebook about the privacy implications of this technology,” it added.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/ffe3edb4-92c8-11e0-bd88-00144feab49a.html#axzz1Opu6KfsB
The social networking site has come under fire from the German, UK and Irish authorities for introducing the feature without permission from users.
“Again Facebook has changed its Privacy Declaration without the users’ consent. I do not think that Facebook’s action does conform to European and German data protection law,” said Peter Schaar, the German commissioner for data protection.
“As with any new technology, we would expect Facebook to be up front about how people’s personal information is being used,” said the UK Information Commissioner’s Office.
“The privacy issues that this new software might raise are obvious, and users should be given as much information as possible to give them the opportunity to make an informed choice about whether they wish to use it.” the office said. “We are speaking to Facebook about the privacy implications of this technology,” it added.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/ffe3edb4-92c8-11e0-bd88-00144feab49a.html#axzz1Opu6KfsB
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Does anyone care about privacy in these days of tell-all Facebook pages, anyway?
And most do not.
I have Facebook, but I don't have information on it.
Only a few pictures and a few links. Lol.