The U.S.-based company Clearview AI (hereafter Clearview) known for its facial recognition services received a fine of €20.000.000 by the Greek Data Protection Authority for the non-compliant collection and processing of personal data. This is the first time that the Hellenic DPA has imposed such a high data protection fine. Clearview develops facial recognition software […]
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Clearview AI fined again, this time in France
The French Data Protection Authority, Commission Nationale de L’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), has issued a fine of €20 million against Clearview AI (hereafter Clearview), a company that now claims to have more than 30 billion images used for facial recognition. Clearview collects photos from all sorts of directly accessible websites, social media platforms and […]
ICO fine for unlawful facial recognition
Clearview AI (hereafter Clearview) is a company dedicated to facial recognition. Clearview created a data base of over 20 billion images indexed from the Internet and social media and developed a facial recognition algorithm to analyze and match faces. Clearview compares sample images provided by its clients (mostly law enforcement bodies, governments, and banks) with […]
HmbBfDI prüft Clearview: Datenschutzverstöße en masse
Die US-Firma Clearview AI ist den Datenschützern seit geraumer Zeit ein Dorn im Auge. Das im Jahre 2017 gegründete Unternehmen hat sich auf die biometrische Gesichtserkennung spezialisiert und bietet über seine App auch die Möglichkeit, dass Nutzer mit dem eigenen Smartphone Fotos von sich anfertigen und/oder in die Anwendung hochladen und mit der Datenbank des […]