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Digital Rights alliance files legal complaints across Europe against facial recognition company Clearview AI

Noyb and other EU digital‑rights groups submitted complaints to data‑protection authorities in France, Austria, Italy, Greece and the United Kingdom to halt Clearview AI's mass facial‑recognition surveillance. The regulators have three months to respond to the submissions.

Why it matters: The coordinated complaints aim to stop Clearview AI's collection and use of EU residents' biometric data, highlighting enforcement of European privacy rules.

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Sources
Digital Rights alliance file legal complaints across Europe against facial recognition company Clearview AI
noyb · primary source · May 26, 2021
Statement: 3rd Anniversary of the GDPR
noyb · May 25, 2021
Digital Rights alliance file legal complaints across Europe against facial recognition company Clearview AI
noyb · May 26, 2021
Statement: 3rd Anniversary of the GDPR
noyb · May 25, 2021
Details
JurisdictionEuropean Union
RegulatorEDPB
LawGeneral Data Protection Regulation
StatusFiled
PublishedMay 26, 2021
EffectiveMay 25, 2018
OrganisationsClearview AI, noyb, Privacy International, Hermes Center, Homo Digitalis, Clearview AI, Inc.
Topicsbiometrics, privacy, automated decision making, data minimization, purpose limitation, retention, deletion, access, correction, portability, opt out, targeted advertising, profiling, ai governance, children, security, cross border transfer, data governance
Databiometric, personal, location