2021-02-04
NEW: Canada's federal privacy watchdog says “Clearview AI's unlawful practices represented mass surveillance of Canadians”: https://www.priv.gc.ca/... #cdnpoli
New York Times
Canada's privacy authority says what Clearview AI does is mass surveillance, calls it illegal and unacceptable, and tells it to delete citizens' facial images
Canadian authorities declared that the company needed citizens' consent to use their biometric information, and told the firm to delete facial images from its database.