![]() ![]() “Although Clearview AI Inc no longer offers its services to UK organisations, the company has customers in other countries, so the company is still using personal data of UK residents.”įurthermore, the investigation concluded that Clearview’s storing of the data was incompatible with GDPR, failing to meet the higher protection standards expected for biometric information such as facial images. “Given the high number of UK internet and social media users, Clearview AI Inc’s database is likely to include a substantial amount of data from UK residents, which has been gathered without their knowledge,” the ICO statement says. The ICO investigation found that Clearview had uploaded images of UK citizens without their consent. Working with colleagues around the world helped us take this action and protect people from such intrusive activity.” “That is why global companies need international enforcement. “People expect that their personal information will be respected, regardless of where in the world their data is being used,” said information commissioner John Edwards. The ICO has yet to publish full details of the penalty and enforcement notice. A provisional fine of £17m for the company had been mooted, but this appears to have been reduced. The fine comes following a joint investigation by the ICO and the Australian Information Commissioner, which opened in 2020 and concluded last November. (Photo by David McNew/AFP via Getty Images) Clearview AI has been fined for collecting and storing UK citizen information. The ICO has also issued a banning order which will stop the company from obtaining information about UK residents in future, and ordered it to delete all the offending records from its database. Facial recognition company Clearview AI has been fined £7.5m by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for collecting and storing images of UK citizens for use in its software.
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