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Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) — Clearview AI
March 10, 2020 · Switzerland
The FDPIC stated Clearview's mass acquisition of publicly accessible facial data for automated facial recognition can hardly comply with Swiss data-protection law and violates personality rights, and formally admonished the company after its information/deletion request went unanswered.
Key takeaway — how to prevent this
Biometric data (faces, iris, fingerprints) needs an explicit lawful basis or consent. Scraping or capturing it without one is unlawful across the EU/UK and many US states (e.g. Illinois BIPA) — and draws the largest fines.
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