Report: “International Probe Launched into Facial Recognition Firm That Scrapes Images From the Internet”

From CNBC:

Privacy regulators in the U.K. and Australia have announced a joint probe into Clearview AI’s “data scraping” practices.

The New York-headquartered company has built a facial recognition database by taking images from social media platforms and other websites without the consent of the people featured. It is reported that Clearview has “scraped” more than 3 billion images from the internet to build its database, which law enforcement agencies use to try and identify criminals

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Clearview pulled out of Canada earlier this week after privacy protection authorities launched an investigation into the firm. As a result, a contract between the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Clearview has been terminated.

Canadian authorities said they will continue their investigations into Clearview.

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See Also: Full Text Statement From UK Information Commissioner and Australian  Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

See Also: The world’s Scariest Facial Recognition Company, Explained (via Vox)

See Also: Clearview’s Facial Recognition App Has Been Used By The Justice Department, ICE, Macy’s, Walmart, And The NBA (via BuzzFeed; February 27, 2020)

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