Facial Recognition
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Ottawa seeks to dismiss planned lawsuit against RCMP over facial recognition toolIn a submission to the Federal Court, government lawyers say Ha Vi Doan cannot allege that she suffered “harm of any kind” as a result of RCMP's dealings with Clearview AI.CanadaMay 13
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Police can’t use facial ID technologies for mass surveillance: Canada’s privacy watchdogsOn Monday, the Canadian privacy watchdogs also called for a prohibition on any police deployment of the facial recognition tool that could result in mass surveillance.CanadaMay 2
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Edmonton police using facial recognition software to search ‘mugshot database’In 2022, select technicians with the Edmonton Police Service started using a facial recognition software called NeoFace Reveal to help identify suspects in criminal investigations.CrimeFeb 1
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Provinces order Clearview AI to stop using facial recognition without consentThe privacy authorities of British Columbia, Alberta and Quebec are also requiring the U.S. firm to delete images and biometric data collected without permission from individuals.CanadaDec 14, 2021
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How a B.C. filmmaker’s honeymoon photos helped train controversial facial recognition techBrett Gaylor's photos were scraped from a picture-sharing website and incorporated into huge databases used by companies like Clearview AI, as well as the Chinese government.NewsJun 11, 2021
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New privacy bill won’t fix Canada’s longstanding issues, critics sayA new bill before Parliament won't fix Canada's many longstanding problems when it comes to protecting privacy, critics say.PoliticsMay 20, 2021
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Who ‘owns’ our faces and how will facial recognition be used?In the age of Big Tech, we need to grapple with who has access to our faces, says Wendy Wong of the University of Toronto.CommentaryJan 23, 2021
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Cadillac Fairview covertly collected images of 5M shoppers across Canada: privacy commissionersAccording to the report, the company embedded small, inconspicuous cameras inside mall directories at 12 Canadian malls which collected images of customers without their knowledge or consent.ConsumerOct 29, 2020
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Group urges feds to ban facial recognition tools citing a violation of Canadian rightsDozens of groups and individuals working to protect privacy, human rights and civil liberties want the Trudeau government to ban the use of facial-recognition surveillance by federal law-enforcement and intelligence agencies.CanadaJul 8, 2020
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Clearview AI to stop facial recognition services in Canada, privacy watchdog saysClearview AI's technology allows for the collection of huge numbers of images from various sources that can help police forces, financial institutions and other clients identify people.CanadaJul 6, 2020
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