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Founded in 2014, the Center on Privacy & Technology is a leader at the intersection of privacy, surveillance, and civil rights.
Latest Work
60 Minutes Highlights Police Face Recognition Technology
CBS 60 Minutes profiled the use of face recognition by police in the wake of three publicized misidentifications resulting from the technology. Senior Associate Clare Garvie was interviewed.
PBS: How Racial Biases can Corrupt Facial Recognition Technology
PBS NOVA produced a segment on police face recognition risks, highlighting the misidentification of Detroit resident Michael Oliver. Senior Associate Clare Garvie was interviewed.
The State of Face Recognition in America Webinar
A student chapter of AI4ALL, a US-based nonprofit dedicated to increasing diversity and inclusion in AI research and policy, invited Senior Associate Clare Garvie to give a webinar with Emiliano Falcon-Morano of ACLU-MA on face recognition use by police.
Unfamiliar Face Identification Group Keynote
Senior Associate Clare Garvie gave a keynote presentation about face recognition in U.S. policing for the UFIG annual meeting, an initiative at the University of New South Wales aimed at informing the debate around face recognition development and deployment.
GU Law Facial Recognition Experts Launch “Week One” Simulation
Director of Research and Advocacy Emily Tucker and Senior Associate Clare Garvie co-taught a Week One course for 1Ls on big data, face recognition, and legislative lawyering, culminating in a mock hearing where students argued the merits of a bill limiting federal access to Maryland driver data.
City Surveillance Watch Podcast
Center Associate Jameson Spivack was featured in a three-part podcast series, City Surveillance Watch, exploring how cities are using surveillance technologies, and the implications of these invasive tools.
“New Paper: Legislative Approaches to Face Recognition in the United States” blog
Associate Jameson Spivack published a blog detailing the highlights of a paper he and Senior Associate Clare Garvie had recently co-authored: "A Taxonomy of Legislative Approaches to Face Recognition in the United States." Read the whole blog here.
“Some key takeaways from NIST’s report on face recognition” blog
Senior Associate Clare Garvie published a blog summarizing the National Institute of Standards and Technology's report explaining the effect of demographics on the accuracy of face recognition systems. Read the whole blog here.
“The conversation on face recognition technology is just getting started” blog
Associate Jameson Spivack published a blog about the omnipresence of face recognition tech and the debate surrounding it. Read the whole blog here.
“Trusting “somewhat” is not enough: why we need to regulate face recognition” blog
Associate Jameson Spivack published a blog about a Pew Research Center report on how much Americans trust law enforcement to use face recognition tech responsibly and why regulation is a necessity. Read the whole blog here.