Sep 3, 2024Confirmed
Clearview AI Reportedly Faces $33.7 Million Fine for Violating GDPR with Biometric Data Harvesting
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Clearview AI was reportedly fined $33.7 million by the Dutch data protection authority for allegedly creating an illegal facial recognition database by scraping billions of images from the Internet without consent. The company allegedly used AI to convert these images into biometric data and sold the service to law enforcement. This act was reportedly in violation of privacy laws and the GDPR.
What this means for youRegulators in Europe fined a facial recognition company for collecting billions of photos from the internet without consent. For ordinary people, it means your face in public photos may be harvested and matched without your knowledge, and for government it shows privacy law can be enforced against AI firms.
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- AI Incident Databasehttps://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/781
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