Il totale delle multe in seguito a condanne dovrebbe essere questo: UK:
$9.4m; IT: $21.34m; AU: pending($21m); FR: prossimamnte in scadenza i 6
mesi dalla diffida CNIL.
La compagnia è privata, per cui non si sanno facilmente i ricavi, ma
"Clearview AI's latest funding round in July 2021 was reported to be $30
m. In total, Clearview AI has raised $38.6 m", per cui solo di multe già
erogate ci avviciniamo al pareggio coi finanziamenti.
Ma queste ammende vengono realmente pagate?
ciao,
A.
<https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/may/23/uk-data-watchdog-fines-facial-recognition-firm-clearview-ai-image-collection>
The UK’s data watchdog has fined a facial recognition company £7.5m for
collecting images of people from social media platforms and the web to
add to a global database.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) also ordered US-based
Clearview AI to delete the data of UK residents from its systems.
Clearview AI has collected more than 20bn images of people’s faces from
Facebook, other social media companies and from scouring the web.
John Edwards, the UK information commissioner, said Clearview’s business
model was unacceptable. “Clearview AI Inc has collected multiple images
of people all over the world, including in the UK, from a variety of
websites and social media platforms, creating a database with more than
20bn images,” he said.
“The company not only enables identification of those people, but
effectively monitors their behaviour and offers it as a commercial
service. That is unacceptable. That is why we have acted to protect
people in the UK by both fining the company and issuing an enforcement
notice.”
The ICO, which conducted the investigation in tandem with its Australian
counterpart, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, had
announced a “provisional” intention to fine Clearview AI £17m last
November
<https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/nov/29/us-facial-recognition-firm-faces-17m-uk-fine-for-serious-breaches-clearview-ai?mid=1>.
The ICO said on Monday it had reduced the fine after taking into
consideration a number of factors including representations from the
company. The £7.5m final sum is the third largest ever imposed by the ICO.
Announcing its provisional decision last year, the ICO said Clearview
AI’s technology had been offered on a “free trial basis” to UK law
enforcement agencies, although that trial has been discontinued.
Clearview AI’s services are no longer being offered in the UK – where
previous clients included the Metropolitan police and the National Crime
Agency – but the ICO said on Monday it still had customers abroad, so it
was still using the data of UK residents.
The ICO did not disclose the number of UK facial images held by
Clearview AI, but said the company had harvested a “substantial” amount
of data.
Clearview AI customers can upload an image of a person to the company’s
app, which is then checked against a database. The app then provides a
list of images deemed similar to the photo provided by the customer,
with a link to the websites where the images came from.
The ICO said Clearview AI broke UK data protection laws in several ways,
including: failing to use information of UK residents in a fair and
transparent way; failing to have a lawful reason for collecting that
information; and failing to have a process in place to stop the data
being retained indefinitely.
It said Clearview AI asked for additional information from people,
including photos, when they contacted the company to ask if they were on
the database. The ICO said this may have put off people who wished to
object about their presence on the database.
Last week Clearview agreed to permanently stop selling access to its
face database to private businesses or individuals around the US. The
New York-based company will continue offering its services to federal
agencies, such as US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and to other
law enforcement agencies and government contractors outside Illinois,
where the lawsuit was brought.
Hoan Ton-That, Clearview AI’s chief executive, said: “I am deeply
disappointed that the UK Information Commissioner has misinterpreted my
technology and intentions … I would welcome the opportunity to engage in
conversation with leaders and lawmakers so the true value of this
technology, which has proven so essential to law enforcement, can
continue to make communities safe.”
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