2K Face Scan: 13 Photos Amazon Stores
Amazon might keep your son's face forever. All he did was turn his head for a video game. Police wrongly picked out a man named Robert Dillon because a computer said his face matched. The police arrested him for luring a child. 2K had that same kind of face map made of your son. Who else has your son's face tonight? By the end, you'll know how to keep his face his.
When he does the scan, he gets 13 photos taken of his face. His photos get turned into a map of his face.
Yahoo Sports reported where his photos go. First, they go to Take-Two, the company that owns 2K. Then Amazon builds the face map and keeps it.
If he turns his head past 45 degrees, his scan fails. But his photos may have already been sent.
Your son got to see a player who looks like him. Amazon got the shape of his face. Amazon can keep that shape even after the game is gone.
His face map says more about him than his looks.
Detroit police arrested Robert Williams in 2020. The police named him because a computer wrongly matched his face. Amazon settled one lawsuit over 2K in 2023.
The people who sued said Amazon never set a deadline. Amazon never picked a day to delete the faces.
His face map has the exact shape of his face. It has his cheekbones and his jawline. Someone could use it to pick him out of a crowd.
Two companies now have his face map. Take-Two keeps one, and Amazon keeps another.
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Judges threw out some of those early lawsuits. The people suing couldn't prove they'd been hurt yet.
The police also arrested a pregnant mom because a computer wrongly matched her face. Her case got dropped a month later. Dillon had to wait 12 months for his name to be cleared. You can lose a whole year to a wrong match.
The police wrongly matched another Detroit man's face, too. The police held him for nearly 30 hours. He never committed that crime.
When your son scans his face once, his face goes through four separate steps. With every step, his face ends up further from him.
Later on, Robert Williams got his charges dropped. But his mugshot stayed online anyway.
2K sells the face scan to kids as something fun. Your son thinks he's just making his player. But when he does it, his face goes to Amazon.
If his player looks perfect, that doesn't tell you anything. If his player comes out broken, that doesn't tell you anything either. Either way, his face measurements got sent. What you see on screen isn't what Amazon keeps.
His face isn't a piece in a game. Tell 2K in writing to delete his scan.
Ask your son about the face scan he did. Put his account name in your email. Keep 2K's reply, with the date it came.
Illinois law says companies need his permission first. When you ask in writing, you have it on record.
His phone sent his photos to Take-Two. Amazon built his face map from those photos. In your email, you ask 2K to erase it. Keep 2K's dated reply as your proof.
CaraComp wrote about this in more detail. On that page, you can see where face scans end up.
The lawyers at Frankfurt Kurnit explain the law. In Illinois, people who've been hurt can sue companies. A company can owe $5,000 for each rule it breaks.
Tell him a face scan isn't the same as a selfie. Have him skip the face scan next season. Ask him which other apps he's let scan his face.
The police got a match on Dillon that was 93 percent sure. They got that number from a blurry camera. Being sure isn't the same as being right.
You couldn't see where his face went. Now you know who has his face.
Write to 2K tonight, after dinner. Ask them to delete his face scan. Save 2K's answer with today's date.
Amazon keeps his face until you ask them not to. Send that email tonight, not tomorrow.
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