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Face Forward: Strategies for Complying with Facial Recognition Laws

Debevoise Data Blog

2017), the plaintiffs challenged a feature of the NBA 2K video game that allowed them to scan their own faces and create basketball-playing avatars. There is a private right of action: violators are subject either to actual damages or damages of $1,000 per day per violation, whichever is greater. In Santana v. App’x 12 (2d Cir.

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Why Do Companies Get to Profit Off My Period Cramps?

Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

12] However, these apps may provide a false sense of autonomy, as there is currently not a single comprehensive federal law that gives Americans control over their own data. [13] 14] This approach leaves massive gaps in the protection of health data. [15] 803, 810 (2017). [2] 26] It is time that the U.S.