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Researchers, industry representatives, consumer advocates, and privacy professionals will take part in the upcoming workshop, "Face Facts: A Forum on Facial Recognition Technology" to be held December 8, 2011 at the FTC Conference Center at 601 New Jersey Ave. N.W. in Washington, D.C.

The workshop, which is free and open to the public, will focus on commercial applications of facial detection and recognition technologies, exploring an array of current uses of this technology, possible future uses and benefits, and potential privacy and security concerns.
A webcast of the proceedings will be available . Any updates to the agenda, included below, can be found at http://ftc.gov/bcp/workshops/facefacts/

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