US firm Clearview AI defies EU privacy law with mass facial data scraping
US-based Clearview AI is under fire again for allegedly violating EU privacy laws by scraping billions of facial images from the internet — including photos of EU citizens — to fuel a biometric surveillance system sold to governments and law enforcement worldwide. Vienna-based NGO Noyb has urged European authorities to pursue criminal action against the company and its executives.
Despite nearly €100 million in fines issued by data protection authorities in France, Italy, Greece, the Netherlands, and the UK since 2022, Clearview continues to operate with impunity, exploiting the lack of enforcement mechanisms for firms without an EU-based office. 1/
