Clearview AI faces criminal complaint in Austria over mass data scraping
( October 28, 2025, 06:00 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Clearview AI is facing a criminal complaint in Austria, as digital privacy group Noyb moves to escalate action against the US facial-recognition company and its executives for alleged systematic breaches of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation. Clearview AI has already been fined by several EU data protection authorities for illegal processing of European citizens’ biometric data, Noyb's press release notes.Statement from Noyb follows:...
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