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Australian police continued to use Clearview AI despite privacy concerns, emails reveal

By James Panichi ( February 2, 2024, 04:23 GMT | Insight) -- Victoria Police’s decision to stop using Clearview AI software was made only after the controversial facial-recognition company revealed it had suffered a data breach, rather than as a result of mounting privacy concerns in Australia, internal correspondence has revealed. Letters obtained under Australian freedom of information laws have also revealed that members of another Australia police force were being encouraged to use the service, despite concerns over the legality of the software under the Privacy Act.An Australian police force stopped using Clearview AI software only after the controversial facial-recognition company revealed it had suffered a data breach, rather than as a result of privacy concerns, internal correspondence has revealed....

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