Several local pols suggested the company’s continued use of the controversial tech could jeopardize it’s public support – including a $43 million state tax abatement, liquor licenses and a city permit “expiring” this year that allows the arena to have more than 2,500 seats.

“We are gravely concerned that MSG Entertainment is using facial recognition technology against its perceived legal enemies, which is extremely problematic because of the potential to chill free speech and access to the courts,” reads a letter released Sunday by Rep. Jerrold Nadler, state Sens. Liz Krueger, Brad Hoylman-Sigal and other electeds.

“As a place of public accommodation, MSG Entertainment has a legal obligation to New Yorkers and the general public to protect them against discrimination and cease harassing them,” it states.

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Source: https://nypost.com/2023/01/16/pols-warn-msg-to-stop-using-facial-recognition-software-or-risk-losing-sweetheart-deals/

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The suit, filed in Midland County state district court, accuses Google of collecting unique information of those who use its voice and facial recognition software through its products and services, such as Google Photos, Google Assistant and Nest Hub Max.

The two-term Republican attorney general, who is in a tight battle for re-election in the November midterm, alleges the use of the data violates a 2009 Texas privacy law prohibiting the exploitation of personal information for commercial interests.

That personal information is unlike other sensitive information such as credit card numbers, passwords or Social Security numbers in that it is “part of our unique, human identity and cannot be simply erased or replaced when stolen,” the suit states.

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Source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/texas-ag-sues-google-for-privacy-violations-over-use-of-biometric-data/ar-AA13cn0f

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Jeff Bezos is one step closer to transforming your mortal bag of bones into a lean, mean, money-dispensing machine. The body part in question: Your hands. Amazon is rolling out its palm-scanning technology at more than 65 Whole Foods grocery stores in California over the coming weeks. The biometric tech, called Amazon One, was patented in 2019, and this is the company’s biggest launch yet. It’s pretty much as dystopian as it sounds.

Customers can activate their palms by registering a handprint via an Amazon One kiosk or at checkout in participating stores. Along with a skin scan, you’ll need to offer a bank card, provide your phone number, and say “yes Jeff” to Amazon’s terms and conditions. Once set up, you can lug all the organic kale and age-defying collagen powder you like to checkout. You’ll hover a palm over the scanning device to pay—just as you would place a hand on the bible—then you’re good to go.

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Source: https://www.bonappetit.com/story/whole-foods-amazon-handprint-scan

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