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Man sues Macy’s, saying false facial recognition match led to jail assault.
(www.washingtonpost.com)
this post was submitted on 24 Jan 2024
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I think California has privacy laws. At the national level I don't think we have anything except HIPAA, which only covers medical data.
As for why the police thought the evidence was sufficient, it's because they just don't care.