1.  For what reason do businesses use facial recognition technology?

2.  a)  How does law enforcement use facial recognition technology?
b)  Why/how do businesses use facial recognition technology?

3.  Why are privacy advocates concerned with the use of facial recognition technology?

4.  How did Facebook respond when users strongly objected to its facial recognition feature?

5.  David C. Thompson, a privacy law attorney, said the use of facial recognition can catch and expose people during very sensitive moments of their lives.  "The problem is that there are things we do that we don't need a permanent record of," Thompson said. "I don't need other people to know where I've been and what I'm doing."  Do you agree with Mr. Thompson's assertion?  Explain your answer.

6.  Tracy Ann Kosa, a privacy impact assessment specialist with the government of Ontario, Canada, made the following points in 2010 about privacy:

• while users of social networks and other services are freely giving up data, many of the companies behind the websites may not be handling the data properly, and people are putting a lot of trust in the sites they use
• we have created an infrastructure that collects and logs vast amounts of data, yet when it comes to the security of that information, some companies are failing
• closed-circuit television [CCTV] monitoring, which is virtually everywhere in the UK and is gaining use in the United States, is another assault on privacy. While many CCTV advocates say people shouldn’t care about their privacy if they don’t have anything to hide, Kosa said people should be asking: “If I’m not doing anything wrong, why are you watching me?” and added: “Who is watching the watchers?" "It’s not about what we have to hide it’s the fact that we have the right not to be observed." she said.

Is this something citizens should view as important to their lives?  Why or why not?