Hamburg to bring legal action over facial recognition in photos
The Hamburg Data Protection Authority (DPA) is starting preliminary procedures to bring legal action against Facebook over the facial recognition feature used for photo tagging on the social network. The authority decided that further negotiation is futile after the social networking giant didn't agree to obtain consent from users retroactively.
German data protection laws require companies to clearly inform users about how their personal information is being used and the Hamburg data protection agency says that this didn't happen when Facebook began using facial recognition technology for photo tag suggestions.
As a compromise, Facebook proposed the introduction of a checkbox for users to accept terms and conditions and guidelines on data usage, but the DPA feels that such a solution is not enough to legitimise the collection and use of biometric facial characteristics.
Furthermore, this checkbox would only be available to new users, which means that people who already signed up will not be asked for their consent. Johannes Caspar, the Hamburg commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, described the results of months of talks with the social networking company as disappointing.
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Source: cfoworld.co.uk
By: Lucian Constantin and Jeremy Kirk
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It's not the Facebook that to be sued, it is the owner of the account in facebook who breaches any data protection that needs to be sue.
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