Clearview AI Faces €30.5M Fine for Building Illegal Facial Recognition Database

The Dutch Data Protection Authority Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of €30.5 million $33.7 million against facial recognition firm Clearview AI for violating the General Data Protection Regulation GDPR in the European Union E.U. by building an "illegal database with billions of photos of faces,"...

Controversial Clearview AI Added to US Government’s Tech Marketplace

By Waqas Ukraine used Clearview AI, now it is up for grabs by US Defense agencies! This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Controversial Clearview AI Added to US Governments Tech Marketplace...

A week in security (May 9 – 15)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: How to spot the signs of a virtual kidnap scam Virtual credit cards coming to Chrome: What you need to know Clearview AI banned from selling facial recognition data in the US Cyberattacks on SATCOM networks attributed to Russian threat actors F5 BIG-IP vulnerabilit...

Clearview AI banned from selling facial recognition data in the US

Clearview AI, a facial recognition software and surveillance company, is permanently banned from selling its faceprint database within the United States. The company also cannot sell its database to state and law enforcement entities in Illinois for five years. This is a historic win for the...

Ukraine Using Clearview AI Facial Recognition Tech to Monitor ‘People of Interest’

By Deeba Ahmed Reportedly, Ukraine is receiving free access to a powerful search engine powered by Clearview AI. Ukraines Defense Ministry… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ukraine Using Clearview AI Facial Recognition Tech to Monitor ‘People of Interest...

Massive faceprint scraping company Clearview AI hauled over the coals

Life must be hard for companies that try to make a living by invading people’s privacy. You almost feel sorry for them. Except I dont. The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office ICO—an independent body set up to uphold information rights—has announced its provisional intent to impose a potential...

The slow trend away from facial recognition technology

It’s been a busy few weeks for facial recognition technology. Its oft-maligned abilities frequently wind up in tales of privacy invasion, or false positives, or dubious data retention. In fact, it’s not uncommon to see big organisations backing away from how they expect to use it, or indeed deplo...

Clearview Facial-Recognition Technology Ruled Illegal in Canada

Canadian authorities have found that the collection of facial-recognition data by Clearview AI is illegal because it violates federal and provincial privacy laws, representing a win for individuals’ privacy and potentially setting a precedent for other legal challenges to the controversial...

Lawsuit Claims Flawed Facial Recognition Led to Man’s Wrongful Arrest

Racial bias against non-white skin in facial recognition landed Nijeer Parks ten days in jail in 2019 after the technology falsely identified him as a shoplifting suspect, a new lawsuit says. It didn’t matter that he hadn’t been to the location of the crime, a Hampton Inn hotel in Woodbridge, New...

LAPD Bans Facial Recognition, Citing Privacy Concerns

The Los Angeles Police Department LAPD has banned the use of commercial facial-recognition services – citing “public trust” considerations. The move comes in the wake of a report that showed that more than 25 employees of the department had performed 475 searches so far using the Clearview AI, an...

ACLU Sues Clearview AI Over Faceprint Collection, Sale

The American Civil Liberties Union ACLU has sued a New York-based startup for amassing a database of biometric face-identification data of billions of people and selling it to third parties without their consent or knowledge The U.S. citizens’-rights watchdog organization has filed suit in the...

A not so Clearview?

Unless you were asleep last week, you probably saw the press story about the controversial facial recognition vendor, Clearview AI, being breached. There is debate about whether Clearview should be permitted to scrape photos from social media and use them to populate its facial recognition system...

Apple removes Clearview AI iPhone app from App Store

By Waqas Clearview AI suffered a massive data breach a few days ago and now the company has its app suspended by Apple. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Apple removes Clearview AI iPhone app from App Store...

Clearview AI's Massive Client List Got Hacked

Clever malware, student surveillance, and more of the week's top security news...

Clearview AI firm with photos of billions of unsuspecting users got HACKED

By Deeba Ahmed Clearview AI has billions of photos of innocent and unsuspecting users - Its entire list of clients was reportedly stolen by unknown hackers. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Clearview AI firm with photos of billions of unsuspecting users got HACKED...

Scraping the Web Is a Powerful Tool. Clearview AI Abused It

The facial recognition startup claims it collected billions of photos from sites like Facebook and Twitter. What does the practice mean for the open web?...

Clearview AI and Facial Recognition

The New York Times has a long story about Clearview AI, a small company that scrapes identified photos of people from pretty much everywhere, and then uses unstated magical AI technology to identify people in other photos. His tiny company, Clearview AI, devised a groundbreaking facial recognitio...