This is a new conviction for Clearview AI. The American company, specialized in facial recognition, has just been fined 20 million euros by the Greek personal data police.
It is accused of using the personal data of millions of internet users without their consent to bolster its database on which its facial recognition tool is based.
Along with this fine is the obligation to delete all data already collected. This is facial, iris or fingerprint recognition data, collected through non-transparent methods. The number of images of faces that he would have amassed in this way is estimated at 10 billion.
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Clearview is a company that offers facial recognition software. If it is especially controversial, it is because this software is made up of a database of millions of photos and videos illegally collected on the Internet, especially on social networks. Clearview does not collect any consent from Internet users.
For this reason, the company is the subject of several legal proceedings. For cla, it had to stop offering its recognition tools for sale in the US from mid-May 2022. At the same time, Clearview offered its facial recognition software to Ukraine, as part of the war there.
Greece is not the first country to impose such a fine. In Italy, Clearview had to pay €20 million for the same reasons. In the UK, the €7.5 million fine was accompanied by an obligation to erase all data collected on Britons. In France, it was the subject of a formal notification to the CNIL.
Source: BFM TV
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