Facebook is to reintroduce facial recognition for its European users in the coming months, more than five years after it withdrew the technology amid pressure from privacy watchdogs and campaigners. The company said the feature will be strictly on an opt-in basis for users. If you change your mind after enabling facial recognition, you can turn it off and all your data will be deleted, Facebook’s deputy chief privacy officer Rob Sherman said. There is no definite timescale for reintroducing the facial recognition feature to European users, but it’s on the cards. Facial recognition is one; users will also be given information on improved privacy controls and given more details on how their features work.

Source: The Irish Times March 01, 2018 05:26 UTC