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The US-based firm sells access to what it claims is the “largest known database” of 20 billion face images to law enforcement agencies, which can use its algorithms to identify individuals from photographs and videos. The company settled a legal claim with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in May 2022 in which it agreed to halt its sales of facial recognition technology to private companies and individuals across the US.
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The fine is the latest in a series of regulatory actions taken against Clearview AI, which has faced similar enforcement orders from privacy regulators in Australia, France and Italy. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) fined the company – which uses scraping technology to harvest photographs of people from images and videos posted on news sites, social media and websites – more than £7.5m.