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Meta Agrees to Pay Texas $1.4 Billion to Settle Biometric Lawsuit

July 30, 2024 CyberCecurity Leave a comment

The Texas Attorney General is making big headlines and while he is not running for election this year, you can count on him bringing this up next time. Meta has agreed to pay Texas $1.4 billion or about one percent of its annual revenue (plus likely a tax deduction) for using facial recognition on Texas […]

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Biometric Laws vs. Big Tech – The Battle

October 21, 2022 CyberCecurity Leave a comment

Many people are familiar with Illinois’ biometric privacy law called BIPA, The Biometric Information Privacy Act. BIPA says that companies can’t use your biometric data without your permission. BIPA only applies to IIllinois residents, but it is still having an impact. Like California’s privacy law, BIPA allows you and me (if we live in Illinois) […]

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