Clearview AI’s GDPR fines rise to $110M total after latest penalty by Dutch DPA
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Adrianne Appel2024-09-09T13:08:00
Clearview AI was fined 30.5 million euro (U.S. $33.8 million) by the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) and ordered to stop collecting images of Dutch citizens in the latest enforcement action against the U.S. company.
Clearview has created a massive database by collecting photographs of people from websites and social media, along with their names and other identifying information. The company has developed extremely powerful facial recognition software that can match a new photo or video with an identity already in its database of 50 billion images.
Clearview has rocketed to success by selling access to its database, and the facial recognition tool, to government law enforcement and security agencies. It sells a version of its facial recognition tool to businesses but does not provide the private sector access to the database, the company said.
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