A 2022 file photo demonstrating Clearview AI’s facial recognition software. Seth Wenig/Associated Press
Seth Wenig/Associated Press
States are increasingly clamping down on how tech companies digitally scan and analyze our most sensitive and potentially lucrative commodity: the faces, eyeballs and other “biometric” data of millions of people.
While facial recognition technology is unregulated at the federal level, 23 states have now passed or expanded laws to restrict the mass scraping of biometric data, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Last month, Colorado enacted new biometric privacy rules, requiring consent before facial or voice recognition technology is used, while