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Clearview AI faces a punishment from Dutch DPA for Illegal Facial Recognition Data Collection

Clearview AI faces a punishment of 30.5 million euros from the Dutch DPA for Illegal Facial Recognition Data Collection.   Clearview AI faces a punishment of 30.5 million euros from the Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) and up to 5 million euros in penalty payments. The US based company provides services using its facial recognition
September 5, 2024 Comments (0) Share
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Facial Recognition Technology: legal clarification from the Netherlands DPA

Netherlands DPA (AP) clarifies legal questions regarding the use of Facial Recognition Technology under the GDPR.   The Dutch Data Protection Authority, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP) has published a new guide that addresses and clarifies frequently asked legal questions about the use of facial recognition technology. The document is primarily designed for privacy professionals and organisations
May 9, 2024 Comments (0) Share
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Fine of €20 million from the Greek DPA

Clearview AI has recently been hit with a fine of €20 million for violating the principles of lawfulness and transparency.    A civil non-profit organisation, “Homo Digitalis” lodged a complaint against Clearview AI Inc., a facial recognition company which developed its database by scraping individuals’ images from across the web. This was lodged on behalf
July 26, 2022 Comments (0) Share
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Clearview fined by the ICO for unlawful data collection and processing

Clearview AI Inc was fined over £7.5 million, and ordered to delete photos and data of UK residents from its database.    The ICO has fined Clearview AI Inc £7,552,800 for using the images of people, including those in the UK, that were scraped from the web and social media profiles to create their global
June 7, 2022 Comments (0) Share
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Clearview AI fined and ordered to remove data

Clearview AI fined by the Italian SA after various GDPR violations, and ordered to remove data and appoint an EU representative.   The company Clearview AI, has been fined by yet another EU watchdog, according to this report from the EDPB. The Italian SA has also ordered the company to delete the data of Italians
March 15, 2022 Comments (0) Share
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AI powered age verification systems being tested at UK supermarkets for alcohol purchases.

AI powered age verification systems are now being tested at a few UK supermarkets to verify the ages of people attempting to buy alcohol at self-checkout.  UK supermarkets have begun testing an automated age verification system at self-checkouts when buying alcohol. According to this BBC report, this system will utilize cameras that can estimate a
February 17, 2022 Comments (0) Share
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Facial recognition in UK schools: ICO intends to intervene

Facial recognition in UK schools for collecting meal payments has raised some concerns, over which the ICO intends to intervene.   Nine schools in North Ayrshire are currently using a facial recognition payment system in their canteens. The change happened this month, and schools claim that it helps the lunch line move more quickly, while
October 26, 2021 Comments (0) Share
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Facial recognition payment system launched in Moscow

Facial recognition payment system recently launched in Moscow is the first to be used on such a large scale.   Commuters in Moscow, Russia now have the option of using the new voluntary payment method called “Face Pay”. This method allows them to sign up by scanning their face in front of a camera at
October 21, 2021 Comments (0) Share
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Retrospective facial recognition to be used by the London police

Retrospective facial recognition to be used by London police starting late this year or early next year.     The UK’s Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has gotten authorization to use retrospective facial recognition technology, and will likely begin buying and using the technology as early as the end of this year. This technology has been
October 5, 2021 Comments (0) Share
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New AI privacy tool prevents facial recognition in photos.

New AI Privacy tool uses cloaking to prevent facial recognition in photos.   A new AI privacy tool has been introduced in an effort to combat the ill effects of rapidly developing facial recognition software. Imagine knowing that a stranger can snap a photo of you and identify you within seconds. Even worse, imagine being
August 19, 2020 Comments (0) Share