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To: isthisnickcool

—”Wal-Mart has the same kind of junk in some stores.”

Walmart is facing a class action suit for allegedly violating an Illinois privacy law by using surveillance cameras and Clearview AI’s facial recognition database

The Illinois’s Biometric Information Privacy Act, which protects Illinois residents from having pictures of faces sold without their consent, was cited in a suit against Facebook, now Meta. In 2020, the company was hit with a $550 million fine in a settlement agreement.

https://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-is-facing-a-class-action-over-its-alleged-use-of-surveillance-cameras-and-clearview-ais-facial-recognition-database-2022-9#:~:text=%22In%20addition%2C%20Walmart%20uses%20software,Clearview‘s%20massive%20facial%20recognition%20database.%22


9 posted on 12/20/2022 8:53:17 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messa)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
I'm sure Illinois is the ONLY state Wal-Mart used this.

/sarc

12 posted on 12/20/2022 9:01:42 AM PST by BipolarBob (The party never stops until someone calls the cops.)
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