UK Government Says Clearview Owes It $23 Million For Violating Privacy Laws
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has announced its provisional intent to impose a potential fine of just over £17 million ($23 million USD) on Clearview AI – a company that describes itself as the ‘World’s Largest Facial Network’. In addition, the ICO has issued a provisional notice to stop further processing of the personal data of people in the UK and to delete it following alleged serious breaches of the UK’s data protection laws.
UK government says data privacy laws were broken by Clearview when it gathered UK residents’ info without their knowledge or consent. The ICO also points out further violations, including the gathering of data without a “lawful reason” and deciding it was entitled to hold onto any scraped data indefinitely, even when 99.9% of what Clearview has collected has nothing to do with current or past investigations by law enforcement or national security agencies.
Source: UK Government Says Clearview Owes It $23 Million For Violating Privacy Laws | Techdirt
