Clearview AI agrees to not sell its facial recognition database to private companies

[MuzzMelbourne]

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https://www.cyberscoop.com/clearview-ai-aclu-facial-recognition/

Controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI has agreed to a ban that will prohibit it from selling its facial recognition database of more than 20 billion individuals to private companies.

The terms, reached in a settlement with the American Civil Liberties Union on Monday, highlight a landmark victory for privacy advocates.

Clearview AI agrees to not sell its facial recognition database to private companies

The landmark ruling comes thanks to a 2008 Illinois biometric privacy law.

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[DJ Panda]

"Can't sell facial recognition to private companies? No prob fam, the government is here for you.."

In all honesty, I wouldn't doubt they would find a way to skirt past this. I mean, Google, Facebook, ect. has a lot of stuff similar to that ;p

 

[MuzzMelbourne]

Not bad considering there is only about 8 billion people on the planet. Wonder how many pics they have of me… and you!