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Selfie scraping Clearview AI hit with another €20M ban order in Europe

Selfie scraping Clearview AI hit with another €20M ban order in Europe

July 13, 2022August 10, 2022 Natasha Lomas 189 Viewsartificial intelligence, clearview ai, data protection, Europe, european union, facial recognition, facial recognition software, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, Greece, mass surveillance, personal data, privacy 6 min read

Clearview AI has been hit with another sanction for breaching European privacy rules. The Athens-based Hellenic data protection authority has fined the controversial facial recognition firm €20 million and banned it from collecting and processing the personal data of people living in Greece. It has also ordered it to delete any data on Greek citizens […]

Selfie scraping Clearview AI hit with another €20M ban order in Europe

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UK fines Clearview just under $10M for privacy breaches

May 23, 2022 Natasha Lomas 186 Viewsamerican civil liberties union, artificial intelligence, clearview ai, data protection, digital rights, facial recognition, facial recognition software, human rights, illinois, information commissioner's office, John Edwards, law enforcement, privacy, United Kingdom, United States 6 min read

The U.K.’s data protection watchdog has confirmed a penalty for the controversial facial recognition company, Clearview AI — announcing a fine of just over £7.5 million today for a string of breaches of local privacy laws. The watchdog has also issued an enforcement notice, ordering Clearview to stop obtaining and using the personal data of […]

Clearview AI banned from selling its facial recognition software to most US companies

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Clearview AI banned from selling its facial recognition software to most US companies

May 9, 2022 Taylor Hatmaker 165 ViewsAccess Control, aclu, artificial intelligence, bipa, clearview ai, digital rights, Facebook, facial recognition, facial recognition software, Federal Bureau of Investigation, human rights, illinois, mass surveillance, Politics, social issues, social media, surveillance, United States 3 min read

A company that gained notoriety for selling access to billions of facial photos, many culled from social media without the knowledge of the individuals depicted, faces major new restrictions to its controversial business model. On Monday, Clearview AI agreed to settle a 2020 lawsuit from the ACLU that accused the company of running afoul of […]