Norway’s data protection commissioner, Bjorn Erik Thon, has said his office is investigating Facebook’s facial recognition tagging program out of concern that it may breach privacy regulations, Bloomberg reports. Thon said, “It’s a very powerful tool that Facebook has, and it’s not yet clear how it all really works,” adding, the material the company “has in its databases is something we need to discuss with them.” Thon also noted his office is coordinating its investigation with its Irish counterpart. Earlier this year, the EU’s Article 29 Working Party issued an opinion on the new technology.
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