Pennsylvania now requires individuals filing for unemployment compensation to prove their identity before receiving payments. In an effort to prevent fraudulent claims which have plagued the online unemployment system, Pennsylvania has hired ID.me, a McLean, Virginia-based company, to authenticate users. Since 2020, some 27 states have hired ID.me for unemployment verification, including Pennsylvania, Arizona, California,…
New Identity Authentication Requirement for Unemployment Spreads Across the Country
Facial Recognition Use by Liberals Raises Issues, Says B.C.’s Privacy Commissioner
VICTORIA—The use of facial recognition technology by the Liberal Party of Canada as part of its process to pick candidates in the next federal election could result in a privacy investigation in British Columbia, says the province’s information and privacy commissioner. Michael McEvoy said Thursday he is reviewing how B.C.’s privacy protection laws could relate…
Animal Services Joins Petco’s Love Lost Facial Recognition Database
LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles Department of Animal Services announced April 21 it will begin using the Petco Love Lost database, which uses facial recognition technology to reunite lost pets with their owners. Petco Love, previously known as the Petco Foundation, launched the searchable database to help pet parents find their lost animals quicker and easier….
Rights Groups Urge Biden to Stop Use of Facial Recognition Technology
The American Civil Liberties Union and more than 40 other groups this week urged President Joe Biden to take executive action to stop the use of facial recognition technology. The use of the technology, which is built on computer programs that analyze images of human faces to identify them, is posing “profound and unprecedented threats to…
NTD Business Full Broadcast (Feb. 10)
Housing market cools off slightly this week. We ask real estate investor George Gammon if this is a good time to buy a home. Fourteen states are urging president Biden to reverse course on the Keystone XL pipeline. What’s at stake? And will they take legal action? Ride-hailing company Lyft reporting signs of recovery. Will it finally make…
Clearview AI Broke Canadian Privacy Laws With Facial Recognition Tool, Watchdogs Say
OTTAWA—A new watchdog report says Canadian use of U.S. firm Clearview AI’s facial-recognition technology violated federal and provincial laws governing personal information. In a report today with three provincial counterparts, federal privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien says the New York-based company’s scraping of billions of images of people from across the internet represented mass surveillance and…
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