Facebook Asked To Clarify Data Collection Concerns With New Smart Glasses

Italy’s knowledge safety authority mentioned on Friday it has requested Facebook to supply clarifications over the social media large’s newly launched good glasses to evaluate whether or not the product is compliant with privateness legal guidelines.

Facebook good glasses, which have been created in partnership with Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica permit wearers to take heed to music, take calls or seize images and quick movies and share them throughout Facebook’s companies utilizing a companion app. The Italian watchdog, Garante, mentioned it has referred to as on the Irish knowledge safety commissioner, which leads oversight of Facebook as a result of the social-media firm’s European headquarters are primarily based in Ireland, to ask Facebook for clarifications.

The Italian authority mentioned it needed to learn on measures Facebook has put in place to guard individuals often filmed, specifically kids, in addition to on methods adopted to make knowledge collected nameless and options of the voice assistant linked to the glasses. “We know individuals have questions on new applied sciences, so earlier than the launch of Ray-Ban Stories we engaged with the Irish DPC to share how we’ve constructed privateness into the product design and performance of the glasses to offer each machine homeowners and folks round them peace of thoughts,” a Facebook spokesperson said in a statement.