Gottheimer introduces bipartisan bill requiring facial recognition age verification for online sportsbooks, prediction markets
Representative Gottheimer has introduced a bipartisan bill that would require online sportsbooks and prediction markets to use facial recognition technology to verify that users are of legal age before they can place bets.
Why this matters: Stopping minors from gambling online is a reasonable goal. But facial recognition is a heavy tool to use for it. Every adult who wants to place a legal bet would hand over biometric data to a private gambling platform. That data does not disappear after your age is confirmed. It gets stored, and stored data gets breached, sold, or misused. There are ways to verify age without scanning faces. The fact that this bill skips those options is worth paying attention to.
Who should care: Privacy officers · Cybersecurity · General readers · Policy
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