US feds to biometrics collectors: Knock it off. We mean it

United States regulators have taken time to, in a local figure of speech, brush businesses that deal in biometric data off the plate.

Apparently, the Federal Trade Commission feels businesses are acting like baseball batters who crowd the likely path of balls being thrown by a pitcher, assuming the pitcher will go out of their way not to hit, or bean, the batter.

"The message for businesses," according to FTC Staff Attorney Elisa Jillson; "The FTC will hold companies accountable …

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