Facebook is facing legal action in Germany over its controversial facial-recognition feature.
The state data protection authority in Hamburg is preparing to sue the social-networking giant over the feature, which automatically recognizes and tags photos in Facebook users’ networks, according to a report in Deutsche Welle.
“This requires storing a comprehensive database of the biometric features of all users,” the organization reportedly wrote in a German-language statement published on its Web site. “Facebook has introduced this feature in Europe, without informing the user and without obtaining the required consent. Unequivocal consent of the parties is required by both European and national data protection law.”
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