Subj : Clearview AI fined $33 million for facial recognition database
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Tue Sep 03 2024 12:30:05

Clearview AI fined $33 million for facial recognition database

Date:
Tue, 03 Sep 2024 11:27:00 +0000

Description:
The Dutch Data Protection Authority also issued a non-compliance fine of 5 
million.

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US facial recognition company Clearview AI was fined 30.5 million euros 
($33.7m) for building an illegal database by the Dutch Data Protection agency 
(DPA). It was also issued a 5 million penalty ($5.5 million) for 
non-compliance. 

Clearview is an American company that deals in facial recognition services - 
selling to investigative and intelligence services, including to police 
departments and government agencies. It claims to have collected over 50 
billion images - primarily by scraping from the internet. 

The scraping process involves automatically collecting photos from public 
sites all across the web, meaning that some images stored without the consent 
or knowledge of the people in the photos could be collected. Highly Intrusive 

Whilst Clearview is a US organization, it uses the biometric data of people 
from all across the world. Chairman of the Dutch DPA Aleid Wolfsen called the 
technology highly intrusive, commenting, If there is a photo of you on the 
Internet  and doesn't that apply to all of us?  then you can end up in the 
database of Clearview and be tracked. This is not a doom scenario from a 
scary film. 

Wolfsen advised the public against using Clearview services, warning that any 
Dutch organizations using the service should expect hefty fines from the 
Dutch DPA. Since Clearview broke the law, he affirms that the use of 
Clearview services would be illegal. 

Clearview has been fined before for similar breaches of data protection laws 
in the UK, as the Information Commissioners Office announced an order for 
Clearview to delete any information stored on UK residents. 

Similar sanctions have been placed on the organization in Canada, France, 
Italy, and Australia. Clearview also admits to having been the victim of a 
data breach after its database was hacked back in 2020, demonstrating the 
risks of private companies storing personal information. 

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