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Canada privacy commissioner says federal police violated privacy laws by using facial recognition software

By Dave Perera ( June 10, 2021, 20:04 GMT | Insight) -- The Royal Mounted Canadian Police contravened privacy law when it set up accounts to use Clearview AI's facial recognition tool, the privacy commissioner said. Commissioner Daniel Therrien today stopped short of recommending a ban on facial recognition, instead cautioning that "Police forces should use it very carefully."Canada’s national police force violated privacy law when law enforcement officers used the Clearview AI facial recognition tool to conduct searches....

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