The UK’s and Australian Data Protection Authorities Conclude Join Investigation into Clearview AI Inc.

            04.11.2021

In July 2020 , the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (“OAIC”) opened a joint investigation into Clearview AI Inc

• The joint investigation has finished and the ICO is considering its next steps and any formal regulatory action that may be appropriate under the UK data protection laws.
• The OAIC published the determination on the website.

The investigation focused on the company’s use of data scraped from the internet and the use of biometrics for facial recognition.

The ICO and OAIC worked together on the evidence-gathering stage of the investigation. As both data protection authorities operate under their own country’s legislation, any outcomes are considered separately. Each authority has also been looking separately at their respective police forces’ use of the technology.

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