Progress

Current status
in force
09 Mar 2022 in force
22 Apr 2021 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Italy
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

09 Mar 2022
in force

Ruling on investigation by Italian Data Protection Authority into Clearview AI

On 9 March 2022, the Italian Data Protection Authority has imposed a fine against the company Clearview AI after pursuing an investigation on its data protection practices. Clearview AI was fined EUR 20 million after the authority found that it appl…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type ruling
Government branch executive
Government body data protection authority
22 Apr 2021
under deliberation

Announced data protection investigation into Clearview AI

On 22 April 2021, the Italian Data Protection Authority announced a data protection investigation against the company Clearview AI. According to the supervisory authority, the company may have violated the EU General Data Protection Regulation by pr…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body data protection authority