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Post image 25.05.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 598    πŸ” 142    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Paravision, the other half of Persona's age verification system, does NOT claim to be GDPR compliant, nor do they specify any way in which they might be. Once your data is in their hands, you likely have little recourse in taking it back.

08.12.2024 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This, combined with the oopsie blunder of incorrectly claiming to its user base that Persona was based in the EU (when really it's a US-based company), really lowers any confidence I have in this whole system to next to nothing.

08.12.2024 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Age verification for VRChat is a great idea, but I would have expected them to have done just a little bit of research into the company they are deciding to trust with our sensitive data. And if they did do research, then the incompetence or apathy on their part is astonishing

08.12.2024 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Persona & Paravision launch ethical age verification solution Persona, the leading unified identity platform, and Paravision have jointly introduced an enhanced AI-based age estimation and verification solution

Source: fintech.global/2023/11/20/p...

08.12.2024 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Persona partnered with this rebranded company (Paravision) to develop an AI-based age verification solution. THIS IS WHAT PERSONA USES TO VERIFY USERS' AGE

08.12.2024 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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FTC settles with photo storage app that pivoted to facial recognition The Ever app shut down in August, and the company rebranded as Paravision.

Source: www.theverge.com/2021/1/11/22...

08.12.2024 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Persona has a history of shady practices, including partnering with an AI company (Everalbum, rebranded to Paravision) that's been fined by the FTC for misuse of personal profiles and indefinite retention of user data.

08.12.2024 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

This class-action lawsuit is extremely recent, literally last month. So it was heavily associated with the company around the time VRChat was deciding who to use for their age verification. They CHOSE this knowing full well that the company has a history of misusing personal data

08.12.2024 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Plaintiffs accuse Persona Identities Inc., an identity verification service provider, of illegally using personal data A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Persona Identities Inc., accusing them of unlawfully using personal data collected through their Verification API beyond legal limits set by Illinois laws...

Source: cookcountyrecord.com/stories/6656...

08.12.2024 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hey #VRChat players, with the news of age verification, you should all know that Persona, the company they chose to use for ID verification, currently has a class-action lawsuit against it for misusing its clients' identification data to train AI.

08.12.2024 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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08.12.2024 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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23.10.2024 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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18.10.2024 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4603    πŸ” 279    πŸ’¬ 59    πŸ“Œ 1

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