12 June 2020
"A European privacy body said it "has doubts" that using facial recognition technology developed by U.S. company Clearview AI is legal in the EU."
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Controversial US facial recognition technology likely illegal, EU body says (Politico, link):
"Clearview AI allows users to link facial images of an individual to a database of more than three billion pictures scraped from social media and other sources. According to media reports, over 600 law enforcement agencies worldwide are using the controversial app.
But in a statement Wednesday, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) said that "the use of a service such as Clearview AI by law enforcement authorities in the European Union would, as it stands, likely not be consistent with the EU data protection regime." The body issued the statement after MEPs raised questions regarding the use of the company's software."
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