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Clearview AI banned from processing UK citizens' data over 'unacceptable' facial-recognition service

By Jakub Krupa ( May 23, 2022, 12:29 GMT | Insight) -- Facial-recognition software provider Clearview AI has been banned from processing British citizens’ data and fined more than 7.5 million pounds after an investigation by the UK's privacy authority. The Information Commissioner's Office found that the more than 20 billion images of people's faces collected by the US company "is likely to include a substantial amount of data from UK residents, which has been gathered without their knowledge."Facial-recognition software provider Clearview AI has been banned from processing British citizens’ data and fined 7.55 million pounds ($9.4 million) after an investigation by the UK's privacy authority....

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