Canada: Lawsuit on Clearview AI's challenge to Privacy Commissioner's order to delete facial recognition data under Personal Information Protection Act (Clearview AI Inc v Alberta Information and Privacy Commissioner) (No. ABKB 287)
Progress
Current status
in force
08 May 2025 in force
Scope
Implementers
Canada
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
Implementation Level
subnational
Timeline of events
Court of King’s Bench of Alberta issued ruling on Clearview AI’s challenge to Privacy Commissioner’s order to delete facial recognition data (Clearview AI Inc v Alberta Information and Privacy Commissioner) (No. ABKB 287)
On 8 May 2025, the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta ruled in the case Clearview AI's lawsuit challenging the Privacy Commissioner’s order to delete facial recognition data. The lawsuit concerned the application of Alberta's Personal Information Prot…
SourceEvent type
public lawsuit
Action type
ruling
Government branch
judiciary
Government body
court