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Dutch DPA Fines Clearview AI for Illegal Facial Recognition

Dutch DPA Fines Clearview AI for Illegal Facial Recognition

  On 16 May 2024, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) imposed a fine of €30.5 million on Clearview AI, a U.S. company that offers facial recognition services. Clearview built a vast database of over 30 billion images, scraped from publicly accessible online sources, and converted these into biometric data. This practice violates the GDPR […]

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Texas $1.4 Bil­lion Set­tle­ment with Meta Over Its Unau­tho­rized Cap­ture of Per­son­al Bio­met­ric Data

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has achieved a massive $1.4 billion settlement with Meta for unauthorized capture and use of biometric data from millions of Texans. This is the largest settlement obtained by a single US state, surpassing the $390 million Google settlement in 2022. The case was brought under Texas’s “Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier” Act (CUBI), marking its first successful lawsuit and settlement. Paxton’s office sued Meta in February 2022 for using facial recognition software without proper consent, violating CUBI and the Deceptive Trade Practices Act. The settlement will be paid over five years.

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