The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) will meet Thursday with an eye toward developing standards on facial recognition technology, The Hill reports. Without standards regulating how the increasingly deployed technology may be used, the Obama administration has directed the NTIA to gather privacy advocates and the tech industry to develop voluntary standards. Meanwhile, the Senate Judiciary Committee, representatives from Target and Neiman Marcus, Department of Homeland Security officials and others are meeting today on “privacy in the digital age.” Speaking before the committee, a Target official said the retailer is “deeply sorry” about its recent data breach. Look for a report tomorrow in The Privacy Advisor.
Full Story