Facebook’s "Tag Suggestions" Allegedly Stored Biometric Data without User Consent

June 14, 2015

The initial release of Facebook’s Tag Suggestions function reportedly stored biometric data, such as facial recognition information, without explicit user consent, potentially infringing upon the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. This incident underscores the need for trustworthy AI governance and harm prevention measures in AI systems. For those interested in shaping responsible AI practices, consider joining HISPI Project Cerebellum TAIM to Govern, Map, Measure, or Manage such incidents through our database.

JOIN US

Matched TAIM controls

Suggested mapping from embedding similarity (not a formal assessment). Browse all TAIM controls

MEASURE 2.10 — similarity 0.709, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MAP 1.6 — similarity 0.692, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MAP 4.1 — similarity 0.655, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

Alleged deployer: facebook
Alleged developer: facebook
Alleged harmed parties: facebook-users

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/122

Data source

Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).

When citing the database as a whole, please use:

McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.

Pre-print on arXiv · Database snapshots & citation guide

We use weekly snapshots of the AIID for stable reference. For the official suggested citation of a specific incident, use the “Cite this incident” link on each incident page.