1/ Major victory.. the UK data regulator (ICO) has just provisionally fined Clearview AI £17 million. Wanna know why?
2/ Clearview AI is in the business of collecting faces online, storing them in a searchable database of now 10 billion+ faces, and reportedly selling access to that database to the police (and previously private companies). nytimes.com/2020/01/18/tec…
3/ This happens without knowledge or consent of people whose faces are collected - which can include anyone who ever posted a photos of themselves on social media, or who appeared in pictures uploaded by friends or strangers.
4/ By selling this face database to the police, Clearview AI puts us all on a watchlist, and threatens our online and offline rights and freedoms.
5/ Back in May 2021, we filed complaints across Europe against Clearview AI, along with @Homo_Digitalis_, @HermesCenter and @NOYBeu.
privacyinternational.org/press-release/…
privacyinternational.org/press-release/…
6/ We argued that Clearview AI's collection of faces violates UK and EU privacy laws.
Today, the UK data regulator agreed - and asked the company to stop collecting and delete the faces of people in the UK.
Plus, they slapped it with a provisional fine of £17 million.
Today, the UK data regulator agreed - and asked the company to stop collecting and delete the faces of people in the UK.
Plus, they slapped it with a provisional fine of £17 million.
7/ We applaud the ICO's decision, which asserts our privacy rights and sends a clear message to businesses like Clearview - stop playing with our privacy and freedoms, or face the music, too.
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