Everalbum

Digital Facial RecognitionLast week, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced a proposed settlement with a developer of a photo storage app that allegedly deceived consumers in violation of the prohibition on unfair or deceptive acts and practices found in §5(a) of the Federal Trade Commission Act.  As part of the proposed settlement, the developer, Everalbum, Inc. (“Everalbum”), agreed to certain injunctive relief.

Background

Everalbum offered an app called “Ever” that allowed users to upload photos and videos from their mobile devices, computers, or social media accounts to be stored and organized using a cloud-based storage service. The FTC alleged that in February 2017, Everalbum launched a new feature in the Ever app, called “Friends,” that used facial recognition technology to group users’ photos by the faces of the people who appear in them and allowed users to “tag” people by name. Everalbum allegedly enabled facial recognition by default for all users when it launched the Friends feature.

Allegedly Deceptive Practices
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