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Clearview AI in standoff with Canadian regulators about deletion of facial-recognition images

By Mike Swift ( February 3, 2021, 18:52 GMT | Insight) -- Clearview AI’s facial-recognition database containing images of millions of Canadians is an unlawful use of mass surveillance, Canada’s national privacy commissioner and regulators with the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia and Quebec said in a report that alleges the US-based company refuses to delete its images of Canadians.Clearview AI’s facial-recognition database containing images of millions of Canadians is an unlawful use of mass surveillance, Canada’s national privacy commissioner and regulators with the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia and Quebec said in a report that alleges the US-based company refuses to delete its images of Canadians....

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