France: Issued EUR 20 millions fine against Clearview AI over its illegal biometric data collection and processing practices
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Issued EUR 20 millions fine against Clearview AI over its illegal biometric data collection and processing practices
On 20 October 2022, the French Data Protection Authority, Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) issued a EUR 20 million fine to the facial recognition company Clearview AI after pursuing an investigation into its personal dat…
Scope
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority
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2021-08-26
under deliberation
2021-11-26
in force
2022-10-20
in force