Workers report watching Ray-Ban Meta-shot footage of people using the bathroom
Ars Technica • • business
Key Points:
- A Swedish report reveals that employees of Kenya-based subcontractor Sama have viewed sensitive footage captured by Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, including private moments such as people having sex and using the bathroom, raising privacy concerns.
- Meta confirmed that it sometimes shares user content with contractors for review to improve AI services, with some privacy protections like face blurring, but users may not fully understand the extent of data sharing or recording.
- Sama asserts compliance with GDPR and CCPA, emphasizing secure facilities, background checks, and data protection training for employees involved in data annotation tasks for Meta.
- The report has prompted scrutiny from UK data regulators and triggered a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing Meta and Luxottica of misleading privacy claims and violating consumer protection laws.
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