Washington state considers new privacy law to regulate data collection and facial recognition tech

ronjor · Jan 22, 2019

by Monica Nickelsburg on January 22, 2019 at 6:00 am

The bill, proposed by state Sen. Reuven Carlyle, would give consumers the right to see what data is collected about them and find out whether that information is being sold to a third party. It would require companies to allow consumers to correct inaccurate information, delete their personal data, and object to their personal data being used in direct marketing. The bill would also put new regulations on companies developing facial recognition software, such as the state’s homegrown tech giants Amazon and Microsoft.
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mirimir · Jan 22, 2019

Cool. But I suspect that an industry-sponsored federal law will eventually preempt more privacy-friendly state laws

ronjor · Jan 22, 2019

Microsoft’s Julie Brill backs Washington privacy bill: ‘I would urge you not to miss this opportunity’

by Monica Nickelsburg on January 22, 2019
While many big tech companies are reticent about the seemingly inevitable tide of privacy regulations headed our way, Microsoft has made a point of inviting them.
On Tuesday, the software giant sent Julie Brill, its general counsel for privacy and regulatory affairs, to Olympia, Wash. to support a new bill that would regulate customer data use and facial recognition technology.
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ronjor · Feb 21, 2019

Microsoft Wants Rules for Facial Recognition—Just Not These

Tom Simonite 02.21.19
In December, Microsoft President Brad Smith urged lawmakers to set rules on facial-recognition technology to prevent a privacy-threatening “race to the bottom.” Now the company has joined a legislative fight in its home state against rules it says would be too restrictive.

Microsoft is pushing back on a bill sponsored by a bipartisan group of Washington state lawmakers that would ban local and state government from using facial recognition until certain conditions are met, including a report by the state attorney general certifying that systems in use are equally accurate for people of differing races, skin tones, ethnicities, genders, or age.
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ronjor · Apr 4, 2019

Amazon has to let shareholders vote on government Rekognition ban, SEC says

By Colin Lecher@colinlecher Apr 4, 2019
Activist shareholders are pressing the proposals
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guest · Apr 14, 2019

Amazon shareholders to vote on banning sales of facial recognition tech to governments
Amazon must prove facial recognition doesn't violate civil liberties
April 14, 2019
https://www.techspot.com/news/79650...te-banning-sales-facial-recognition-tech.html

What just happened? Amazon’s facial recognition technology, dubbed Rekognition, has proven to be controversial, not least because the technology has been sold to and trialled by numerous police forces. Back in January, Amazon’s shareholders proposed a ban on sales of Rekognition to governments until the company can prove it’s not harming people’s rights. Now, after some wrangling, a date has been set for the shareholder’s vote.

Now Amazon is facing up to the realities of their shareholder’s rights, and have said that a vote will take place at their annual shareholder meeting on May 22.
First, the sales ban is only to governments and governmental agencies.
Second, the ban would only be in place unless or until Amazon could provide “independent evidence” that no rights were being harmed. Whichever way the vote goes, we’ll be sure to update you on May 22.
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ronjor · Apr 19, 2019

Washington state’s data privacy bill, supported by Microsoft, dies as key players fail to reach compromise

by Monica Nickelsburg on April 19, 2019
Carlyle and other supporters of the bill said it would enact meaningful protections for Washington consumers at a time when data privacy is front-of-mind. But critics, including the American Civil Liberties Union, opposed the bill claiming that it contained too many loopholes. They also took issue with the tech industry’s involvement in crafting the regulations.
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ronjor · May 7, 2019

San Francisco May Ban the Use of Facial Recognition

May 7, 2019
San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to pass the Stop Secret Surveillance Ordinance, which would ban the city and county law enforcement agencies from retaining, accessing or using facial recognition systems.
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guest · May 14, 2019

Six San Francisco Supervisors Could Make Privacy History This Week
May 13, 2019
https://gizmodo.com/six-san-francisco-supervisors-could-make-privacy-histor-1834709367

Six officials in San Francisco this week could change the legal landscape for facial recognition technology in the heart of America’s technology industry.
On Tuesday, San Francisco may become the first city in America to ban the use of facial recognition by the city government. A bill dubbed the “Stop Secret Surveillance Ordinance” is scheduled to go before the San Francisco Board of Supervisors this week, and it needs six supervisor votes to become law.

In addition to banning the use of facial recognition technology by police and other city agencies, the broad anti-surveillance measure would institute significant oversight measures for all surveillance tools used by the city
While the face recognition ban would be a historic first for a U.S. city, the new oversight rules would put San Francisco on par with Oakland and Berkeley, two other Northern California cities that require legislative approval before using surveillance technology.
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CNET: Facial recognition tech could be banned in this city today

guest · Jun 19, 2019

Portland lawmakers pass privacy resolution to guide policies for facial recognition, other data use
June 19, 2019
https://www.geekwire.com/2019/facia...privacy-resolution-passed-portland-lawmakers/

Lawmakers in Portland unanimously passed a privacy resolution on Wednesday they hope will lead to more ethical and equitable city data gathering and use.

The new privacy and information protection principles, intended to guide Portland’s tech and data decisions, are among the few U.S. city policies that incorporate themes of equity, transparency, accountability and non-discrimination.
Notably, the resolution calls for Portland to devise approaches for evaluating the impacts of automated decision systems employing artificial intelligence or algorithmic models.

“City use of facial recognition technologies is likely going to be an early policy conversation given recent media attention, community concerns, and related policies moving forward in other cities,” Hector Dominguez, open data coordinator at the City of Portland’s SmartCityPDX group, told GeekWire.
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