Noyb sues Hamburg data watchdog over lack of action against PimEyes
( April 30, 2026, 08:48 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Search engine PimEyes is at the center of a lawsuit filed by Austrian privacy advocacy group Noyb against the Hamburg data regulator on Thursday. According to Noyb, the watchdog has contacted the company by letter, but refuses to take further action because its headquarters seem to be in Dubai, even though it finds PimEyes’ practices to be illegal. PimEyes is an image search engine based on facial recognition, for which it stores biometric data in its database.Statement follows....
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