The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. submitted comments in response to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy’s (“OSTP”) Notice of Request for Information (“RFI”) on Public and Private Sector uses of Biometric Technologies. The letter responds to the RFI by addressing the exhibited and potential harms of biometric technologies used for individual identification and the inference of emotion, disposition, character, or intent, and its racial ramifications.
Read the full comments here.
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Founded in 1940, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is the nation’s first civil and human rights law organization. LDF has been completely separate from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) since 1957—although LDF was originally founded by the NAACP and shares its commitment to equal rights. LDF’s Thurgood Marshall Institute is a multi-disciplinary and collaborative hub within LDF that launches targeted campaigns and undertakes innovative research to shape the civil rights narrative. In media attributions, please refer to us as the NAACP Legal Defense Fund or LDF.
