These Republican lawmakers have introduced bills to weaken privacy.
You should have a choice whether a company uses photos of you or your family; you should be told when a company provides thousands of other companies and government entities access to photos of you. There should be a law against this invasive use of your image and biometric data. There is. Illinois has one of the toughest biometrics laws in the country–the 2008 Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The New York Times recently published a great piece about the importance of Illinois’ BIPA law: The best law you’ve never heard of. The author, Shira Ovide, writes about BIPA:
“The law’s text is simple but profound, Adam Schwartz, a senior staff attorney with Electronic Frontier Foundation, told me.
First, companies behind technologies like voice assistants or photo recognition services can’t use people’s biometric details without their knowledge or consent. Few American privacy laws go this far — and probably none will again. Typically we must agree to whatever companies want to do CONTINUE READING: They are gutting the most important privacy law you never heard of. | Parent Coalition for Student Privacy