Lawmakers advance proposals to let police forces across the EU link their photo databases—which include millions of pictures of people’s faces.
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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.
The College of Policing published a guide for police officers to make sure use of live facial recognition technology is ‘legal and ethical’.
Ukraine began using Clearview AI’s facial recognition technology to uncover Russian assailants, combat misinformation and identify the dead.
The Italian data protection authority fined the Clearview AI EUR 20 million for GDPR breaches when processing sensitive data.
The facial recognition company Clearview AI is telling investors it’s on track to have 100 billion facial photos in its database within a year.
Greece says the system will help identify undocumented migrants but HRW reports Greek police have carried out discriminatory stop and searches of migrants.
Though it almost certainly won’t work, it is a telling sign of where the field is heading.
The CNIL chair has ordered the company to cease this illegal processing and to delete the data within two months.
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.