France Fines Clearview AI Maximum Possible For GDPR Breaches

Clearview AI, the controversial facial recognition firm that scrapes selfies and other personal data off the Internet without consent to feed an AI-powered identity-matching service it sells to law enforcement and others, has been hit with another fine in Europe. From a report: This one comes after it failed to respond to an order last year from the CNIL, France's privacy watchdog, to stop its unlawful processing of French citizens' information and delete their data. Clearview responded to that order by, well, ghosting the regulator -- thereby adding a third GDPR breach (non-cooperation with the regulator) to its earlier tally. Here's the CNIL's summary of Clearview's breaches:Unlawful processing of personal data (breach of Article 6 of the GDPR)Individuals' rights not respected (Articles 12, 15 and 17 of the GDPR)Lack of cooperation with the CNIL (Article 31 of the RGPD) "Clearview AI had two months to comply with the injunctions formulated in the formal notice and to justify them to the CNIL. However, it did not provide any response to this formal notice," the CNIL wrote in a press release today announcing the sanction [emphasis its]. The size of the fine is $19.57 million.

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