![]() The Article 6 breach is because Clearview does not obtain consent from people to use their facial biometrics, nor can it rely on a legitimate interest legal basis for collecting and using this data either - given what CNIL describes as the massive scale and “particularly intrusive” nature of the processing it’s carrying out. Two breaches of the GDPRįrance’s CNIL found that Clearview committed two breaches of the GDPR - violating Article 6 (the lawfulness of processing) by collecting and using biometric data without a legal basis and breaching a variety of data access rights set out out in Articles 12, 15 and 17. This year Clearview’s service has already been ruled in breach of privacy rules in Canada, Australia and the UK (which, post-Brexit, sits outside the EU but retains the GDPR in national law for now) - where it’s facing a possible fine and was also ordered to delete user data last month. So while the CNIL’s order only applies to data it holds on people from French territories - which the CNIL estimates covers “several” tens of millions of Internet users - more such orders are likely from other EU agencies. ![]() The US company does not have an established base in the EU - meaning its business is open to regulatory action across the EU, by any of the bloc’s data protection supervisors. The watchdog is acting on complaints against Clearview received since May 2020. ![]() ![]() In an announcement of the breach finding, the CNIL also gives Clearview formal notice to stop its “unlawful processing” and says it must delete user data within two months. Controversial facial recognition company, Clearview AI, which has amassed a database of some 10 billion images by scraping selfies off the Internet so it can sell an identity-matching service to law enforcement, has been hit with another order to delete people’s data.įrance’s privacy watchdog said today that Clearview has breached Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). ![]()
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