Image Recognition
Industry groups are asking federal officials to allow facial age-estimation technology to be used to secure parents’ consent before children get access to online sites and services. What is Facial Age-Estimation? Earlier this month, the FTC requested public comment about the proposed parental consent method using age-estimation technology. In this model of privacy–protective facial age estimation that the Entertainment Software Rating Board is proposing, images of users’ faces are immediately and permanently deleted after they’re used, according to the application. Questions about Privacy and BiasSuzanne Bernstein, law fellow at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, which advocates for digital privacy, said she has questions about how the biometric information collected by facial age-estimation technology would be protected.