In a world where data leaks are common should any organization be able to access everyone's photos to track them?
America's version of the Chinese Social Credit System.
Clearview AI breaking international borders to scrape images
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Technology company Clearview AI’s scraping of billions of images of people from across the internet represented mass surveillance and was a clear violation of the privacy rights of Canadians.
The American company’s technology allowed law enforcement and commercial organizations to match photographs of unknown people against the company’s databank of more than three billion images, including of Canadians and children, for investigative purposes.
The investigation found Clearview had collected highly sensitive biometric information without the knowledge or consent of individuals, and that it collected, used and disclosed Canadians’ personal information for inappropriate purposes, which cannot be rendered appropriate via consent.
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada Daniel Therrien said Wednesday that Clearview AI conducts mass surveillance, a practice that is “completely unacceptable.”
“What Clearview does is mass surveillance and it is illegal,” said Therrien. “It is an affront to individuals’ privacy rights and inflicts broad-based harm on all members of society who find themselves continually in a police lineup.
Clearview argued that Canadian privacy laws do not apply to its activities because the company does not have a “real and substantial connection” to Canada, and that consent was not required because the information was publicly available.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/canadian-privacy-commissioners-find-clearview-ais-scraping-of-images-violated-privacy/ar-BB1dmh5whttps://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/clearview-ais-collecting-and-storing-of-images-illegal-under-canadian-privacy-rights-privacy-commissioners/ar-BB1dmqZchttps://globalnews.ca/news/7616722/clearview-ai-broke-canadian-privacy-laws/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/technology/clearview-ai-illegal-canada.htmlOutsourced stalking I hope Canada wins and Americans protest as it is American jurisdiction. If they lose Clearview.Ai will make a Canadian branch to watch Americans
Five Eyes of Tech
They already have plans to expand
Clearview states their technology is not for public consumption and meant for law enforcement usage, but their marketing material encouraged users to "run wild" with their use, suggesting searching for family and friends as well as celebrities.
Clearview also indicated they were targeting private security firms and marketed to casinos through Clearview's Jessica Medeiros Garrison.
Clearview planned expansion to many countries, including Brazil, Colombia, and Nigeria, a cluster that Buzzfeed titles "authoritarian regimes" including United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Singapore, and General Data Protection Regulation-following EU countries including Italy, Greece, and Netherlands.