FTC settlement orders Everalbum to delete facial-recognition models
The Federal Trade Commission announced a consent agreement requiring Everalbum to delete face embeddings and facial-recognition models or algorithms developed from users' photos, and to obtain express consent for future biometric use.
AWAY FROM DOOM37confidence 92/100
Why it moved the index
The unanimous consent agreement imposed concrete deletion and consent obligations directly on facial-recognition models built from improperly used data, creating a meaningful algorithmic-disgorgement control. Public-comment and finalization steps remained, which bounds magnitude, while FTC records and exact-time reporting support high confidence.
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Assessment history
- R1Away 37 · confidence 92
New January 2021 facial-recognition enforcement agreement absent from the durable corpus.
12 Aug 2026