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The facial recognition company Clearview AI has been fined €30.5 million ($33.7 million) by the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Dutch DPA) for constructing a "illegal database with billions of photos of faces," including those of Dutch citizens, in violation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union (E.U.). According to Dutch DPA chairman Aleid Wolfsen, facial recognition is a very intrusive technology that you cannot just throw open to everyone. You could end up in the Clearview database and be tracked if there is a photo of you online—and isn't that the case for all of us? This is not a scene out of a horror movie. It is also not a task that could only be completed in China read more about Clearview AI Faces €30.5M Fine for Building Illegal Facial Rec...

Uber was fined a record €290 million ($324 million) by the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) for allegedly breaking EU data protection regulations while transferring private driver information to the United States. Uber was judged by the Dutch DPA to have improperly safeguarded the personal information of European taxi drivers when it came to these transfers, even though the company had transferred the data to the U.S. According to the data protection watchdog, the action violates the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in a "serious" way. The food delivery, courier, and ride-hailing services have stopped the practice in response. Uber is thought to have gathered sensitive driver data and stored it on servers located in the United States for more than two years read mor...

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Clearview AI Faces €30.5M Fine for Building Illegal Facial Recognition Database