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Resident urges Portland to fast-track a ban on nonconsensual facial-biometric features in doorbell cameras
Summary
A Portland resident urged the council to adopt consent requirements for facial-biometric features in doorbell cameras after a companywide feature rollout; the commenter offered draft language from other jurisdictions and asked the council to act before the feature starts in December.
A Portland resident told the council on Monday that the city should adopt a local law requiring companies to obtain consent before activating facial-biometric features in doorbell cameras.
Joey Brunell said that Ring, an Amazon-owned company, will activate a "familiar faces" feature in December that, he said, will identify and log faces seen by…
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