Clearview AI

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September 4, 2024

Clearview AI Fined €30.5 Million for GDPR Violation

Clearview AI faces a €30.5 million fine from the Dutch DPA for illegal photo collection, bringing its total EU fines to €90.5 million under GDPR violations.

November 29, 2023

ICO Appeals Against Tribunal Decision on Clearview AI GDPR Fine

UK data watchdog fights tribunal’s overturn of Clearview AI’s fine.

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October 28, 2023

Clearview AI’s Appeal Success Against UK GDPR Fine

Clearview AI successfully appealed against a £7.5 million fine and enforcement notice issued by the UK’s ICO.

May 17, 2023

Clearview AI data use deemed illegal in Austria

Clearview AI must cease processing any biometric data belonging to the complainant and delete any of their existing profiles in its searchable database.

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May 11, 2023

Clearview fined again in France for failing to comply with privacy orders

Clearview AI has incurred yet another fine for its noncompliance with the GDPR in France.

October 21, 2022

CNIL fines Clearview AI with 20 million euros

French data protection authority CNIL imposed a penalty of 20 million euros and ordered Clearview AI to stop collecting and using data on individuals in France.

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July 16, 2022

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

Greek data protection authority has fined Clearview AI €20M and banned it from collecting and processing the personal data of people living in Greece.

June 6, 2022

Can European Regulators Stop Clearview AI?

The company’s methods declared illegal in multiple jurisdictions-most recently in the UK. But do European regulators actually have any power to stop it?

May 30, 2022

Clearview AI Is Bringing Facial Recognition to Schools

The company revealed it’s working with a U.S. company selling visitor management systems to schools within hours of a horrific school shooting.

May 24, 2022

UK watchdog fines facial recognition firm £7.5m over image collection

Clearview AI hit with penalty for collecting images of people from social media and web to add to global database.

April 20, 2022

Face scanner Clearview AI aims to branch out beyond police

Company is looking to launch a new business venture to compete with the likes of Amazon and Microsoft in verifying people’s identity using facial recognition.

March 16, 2022

Ukraine has started using Clearview AI’s facial recognition during war

Ukraine began using Clearview AI’s facial recognition technology to uncover Russian assailants, combat misinformation and identify the dead.

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