Portland could be the first city in the country to ban facial recognition in privately-owned places.
Author: Kate Kaye
Kate Kaye is a Portland-based freelance investigative and enterprise journalist. With a focus on the impact of technology on our lives, Kate has covered topics from political campaigns to meat raffles (yes, that's a thing). She is the author of "Campaign '08: A Turning Point for Digital Media," a book (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1441488464/ref=cm_cr_thx_view) covering the paid digital media efforts of the 2008 presidential campaigns. You can find her recent and past reporting at https://redtailmedia.org/kate/. Follow Kate Kaye on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KateKayeReports
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