US EditionClearview AI faces criminal complaint in Austria for suspected privacy violations
Austrian group noyb seeks criminal penalties against Clearview AI executives for GDPR breaches involving billions of images, citing over €100 million in unpaid fines across EU countries.
- On Tuesday, Austria-based privacy group Noyb filed a criminal complaint accusing Clearview AI of illegally collecting photos and videos of European Union residents to build a facial-recognition database and seeking to hold its executives personally liable under Austria's criminal provisions.
- In recent years, EU data protection agencies in France, Greece, Italy and the Netherlands found Clearview breached the GDPR and imposed €95.7 million in administrative fines and nearly 100 million euros in cumulative penalties.
- Using Article 84, Noyb argues Austria's criminal provisions for GDPR violations allow prosecuting Clearview AI managers, while Clearview says it has collected more than 60 billion images serving law enforcement and private firm clients.
- Austrian prosecutors could set a precedent for criminal GDPR enforcement if they accept Noyb’s complaint, which cites gaps allowing Clearview AI to dodge fines, said Noyb.
- Jurisdiction questions persist as Clearview AI contests a £7.5 million fine , while a UK court ruled earlier this month it is bound by national law and Noyb says unpaid fines exceed more than $100 million.
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The American company, which sells access to a huge catalogue of faces illegally collected on the Internet, has already been fined in several European countries.
Austrian privacy group files criminal complaint against Clearview AI executives
An Austrian data privacy group said on Tuesday it has filed a criminal complaint seeking to hold the executives of US company Clearview AI liable for illegally amassing a database of billions of facial images.
Austria becomes latest battleground against Clearview AI for harvesting billions of online images
Austrian privacy group noyb files criminal complaint against US-based Clearview AI, alleging illegal collection of photos and videos of EU residents to build its facial-recognition database.
Clearview AI faces criminal complaint in Austria for suspected privacy violations
Austrian privacy group noyb said on Tuesday it has filed a criminal complaint in Austria, accusing U.S.-based Clearview AI of illegally collecting photos and videos of European Union residents to build its facial-recognition database.Noyb said in a statement Clearview violated the EU's General Data Protection
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