A 2019 study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology tested photos of over 8 million1 people and found that Asian and African American people were up to 100 times more likely to be misidentified than White men by facial recognition technology.
What will happen if my face data is stolen? In 2019, the Department of Homeland Security’s photos of travelers, which are used in the agency’s facial recognition program, were stolen in a data breach.2
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