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On the recordMay 21, 2019
And right now companies, governments, agencies can essentially steal or use your biometric data from you without your consent and this is outrageous, right, because this is America and we have a right to privacy.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Ocasio-Cortez emphasizes the violation of privacy rights through nonconsensual biometric data use.

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