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The term “smart cities” has become popular parlance for municipalities’ attempts to enhance delivery of urban services and infrastructure through information and communications technology. While they may conjure images of...more
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has banned Rite Aid from using facial recognition technologies for surveillance for five years, demonstrating the FTC’s expectations regarding deployments of biometric and artificial...more
The City Council of Chula Vista, California (in the San Diego metropolitan area), announced a new policy governing how city law enforcement can use technology to protect residents from data collected by surveillance...more
In the past several months, plaintiff’s lawyers have filed dozens of class action lawsuits under state wiretap laws, some of which provide for statutory damages of $5000 per occurrence or more. The lawsuits focus on the use...more
In 2015, Dan Mouneimne’s stepdaughter sat outside a downtown Tampa bar when she noticed a drone hovering around her. She fled to her car, and it followed her and crashed on top of her car. The Tampa Police Department told Mr....more
Ten years ago, the average person did not know what facial recognition was. Now, especially after its use in locating persons involved in the January 6, 2021, riots at the US Capitol, almost everyone knows its utility and...more
In considering whether a Texas law banning the use of drones for surveillance purposes violates the First Amendment, a federal judge sitting in Austin held the law infringes on the right of journalists to document and...more
US policy makers struggle with the tension between protecting personal privacy and enabling law enforcement surveillance. We know that both are important, but at a certain point, prioritizing one priority shortchanges the...more
We all want to protect our home and family. How far would you go to secure the homestead? A monitored security system? Sure. A doorbell camera to record people approaching? Possibly. ...more
In just a few short years, drones and the real-time data they collect have contributed to improvements across the construction industry, from overall project efficiency to visual progress reporting for clients and...more
Eyes are important, don’t get me wrong. So are ears, noses, tongues, fingers, balance calibration organs and everything else that feeds that massive brain of yours. Salinity detectors in narwhals, electrical sensors in...more
Your car is spying on you, and you may have invited others to spy on you in the car too. We have long known that connected devices have the capabilities of tracking our movements and behavior to send to unknown data...more
In a new decision, the Michigan Court of Appeals has held that when it comes to privacy and aerial surveillance, a landowner has a greatly enhanced expectation of privacy when unmanned aircraft are involved. The decision,...more
A lawsuit filed in North Carolina claims that, under the First Amendment, surveyors cannot stop drone operators from selling photos taken from above and making maps....more
The movement to localize some or all of internet data has grown over the past five years as countries introduce new laws restricting data flows, and others try to boost local businesses by placing burdens on international...more
Texas’ drone law, the “Use of Unmanned Aircraft,” is being challenged by press organizations and photographers for alleged violations of the First Amendment. The law prohibits the capture of images of a person or property...more
What if your personal digital assistant was so small but it encompassed your entire home? If you are wondering how this would be possible, see the new generation of smart assistants designed to be placed into your wall,...more
In one of the world’s first test cases regarding the legality of the use of automated facial recognition and biometric technology, on 11 August 2020 the English Court of Appeal handed down judgment in R (Bridges) v CC South...more
Since its conception, people have worried that an artificial intelligence would turn against humanity and threaten our lives. While this may be a result to be feared several years in the future, right now the more pressing...more
Unlimited law enforcement application of facial recognition software to surveillance footage is an unreasonable search and a violation of Constitutional rights for people in a peaceful crowd. An officer should need to...more
Last week’s tech company announcements about facial recognition software startled me, but probably not for the reason you might imagine. Amazon, IBM and Microsoft all boosted their socially conscious credibility by moving...more
Report on Supply Chain Compliance 2, no. 21 (November 7, 2019) - The use of artificial intelligence and automation represents an “existential threat to human civilization,” said Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk.[1] He...more
For most of us, the concept of facial recognition – like so much technology of the last decade – began as a sci-fi detail we accepted on the big screen but didn’t give much thought to in our day-to-day lives. Then one day,...more
More Than 50,000 Robotaxi Lyft Rides Have Been Completed in Las Vegas - Aptiv, an automotive technology company, has outfitted Lyft’s robotaxis to be fully autonomous (although each vehicle has a safety driver on board with...more
Facial Recognition Technology - For those who are neither a wizard nor a violinist, one of the most unique things they lay claim to is their face. Faces are so unique that technology can use a person’s face to in lieu of...more