The complaint says park visitors are not adequately informed that they are being scanned. The image festival/Shutterstock Disney is being sued for using facial recognition technology in its theme parks. The class action lawsuit alleges that the entertainment brand fails to properly inform customers that it is scanning people’s faces at entrances to Disneyland and California Adventure. The complaint seeks at least $5 million on behalf of park visitors. “Guests should be able to expressly opt-in to this type of sensitive facial recognition technology with their written consent – the onus for privacy rights should not fall on the victim,” writes Blake Yagman, attorney for the proposed visitor class, in the complaint. “Given the sensitivity of facial recognition data, explicit written consent should be required to protect the privacy of Disney theme park guests.” Disney introduced facial recognition systems at both parks in April. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney’s policy is to have data acquired on these platforms available within 30 days. However, the suit argues that this may not be accurate “as the biometric information is compared to when guests first purchased tickets or annual passes and associated their photos with those tickets or passes.” Post navigation Elon Musk owes several of his employees $420
