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Clearview now exempt from Illinois privacy law, facial recognition company argues

By Amy Miller ( October 8, 2020, 21:48 GMT | Insight) -- Clearview AI cannot be sued by the American Civil Liberties Union for allegedly violating an Illinois privacy law because it licenses its facial recognition technology only to government agencies now, making it "plainly exempt" from the law, Clearview argued today in a filing with an Illinois state court. The ACLU is seeking injunctive relief under BIPA, but the complaint should be dismissed because the alleged harm did not occur in Illinois, nor was it caused by actions directed at Illinois, Clearview said. Clearview AI cannot be sued by the American Civil Liberties Union for allegedly violating an Illinois privacy law because it licenses its facial recognition technology only to government agencies now, making it "plainly exempt" from the law, Clearview argued today in a filing with an Illinois state court....

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