Amanda Koulousias, attorney at the United States Federal Trade Commission Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, discusses the FTC's latest efforts to understand the diverse uses of facial recognition and facial detection technology.
Federal News Radio text article
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FTC Seeks Public Comments on Facial Recognition Technology (FTC.gov)
The FTC is seeking public comments on the issues raised at the December 8, 2011, public workshop, "Face Facts: A Forum on Facial Recognition Technology," which focused on current and future commercial applications of facial detection and recognition technologies, and explored an array of current uses of these technologies, possible future uses and benefits, and potential privacy and security concerns.
The Federal Trade Commission staff are seeking public comments in connection with issues raised at the workshop to further the Commission’s understanding of the issues surrounding the current and future uses of facial detection and recognition technologies.
If you wish to comment, you may do so for the remainder of 2012 here:
Face Facts: A Forum on Facial Recognition Technology; Project No. P115406
This last linked page has a link to the
FTC's privacy policy.
So far, so good.
