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Founded in 2014, the Center on Privacy & Technology is a leader at the intersection of privacy, surveillance, and civil rights.
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Op-Ed: Law Enforcement Could Leverage Facial Recognition During Protests
Policy Associate Jameson Spivack wrote an op-ed for Route Fifty about the lack of police face recognition regulation, how this allows police to surveil protesters, and the potential consequences for civil rights and liberties.
AJ Stream: Will Spy Tech Put an End to Protesting Forever?
Senior Associate Clare Garvie joined a panel on face recognition and public protest hosted by Al Jazeera's The Stream, along with Silkie Carlo of Big Brother Watch and reporter Mary Hui.
CounterSpin Interview: Face Recognition and Free Speech
Senior Associate Clare Garvie was interviewed on CounterSpin about police face recognition misuse, misidentifications, and the risks to free speech and association in light of nationwide protests.
Is your face your own? AI, Facial Recognition, and the Arts
Following a presentation by artist Adam Chin on his latest exhibition Front and Profile, Senior Associate Clare Garvie joined a conversation hosted by SF Camerawork about AI, criminal justice, and the role of art in exposing and examining these issues.
Coalition Letter to Congress on Police Face Recognition
The Center was one of 40 organizations that wrote a letter urging Congress to pass strong police face recognition legislation, stop continued federal funding for the technology, and ensure policing reforms include face recognition prohibitions. Photo by Joshua Sukoff on Unsplash
The Untold Number of People Implicated Because of Face Recognition
Responding to news of an arrest made on the basis of a face recognition misidentification, Senior Associate Clare Garvie wrote an article for ACLU's website about the likelihood that this has happened before—and will continue to happen.
Center research profiled on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Perpetual Line-Up, the Center's foundational face recognition report, was cited in the "Last Week Tonight" segment on face recognition technology. Senior Associate Clare Garvie also contributed to the reporting on background.
IAPP Webinar: The Face that Launched 1000… Privacy Laws?
Senior Associate Clare Garvie participated in an online panel organized by IAPP and FPF on the current state of face recognition legislation in the U.S. Clare spoke alongside Brenda Leong of FPF, James Loudermilk of IDEMIA, and Hector Dominguez Aguirre with the City of Portland.
Op-Ed: Maryland’s invasive face recognition system (Op-ed)
Policy Associate Jameson Spivack argued in The Baltimore Sun that Maryland has one of the most invasive face recognition systems in the nation, and that it was time for the legislature to put a moratorium on police face recognition use.
Letter to the Union Federation of Teachers on Face Recognition Use
The Center joined 29 other organizations in signing a letter to the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) urging it to cancel any existing contracts for face surveillance. In response to the letter, UFT committed to opposing face recognition use in NYC schools.