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Clearview AI Banned in France (€20M Fine)
SAN-2022-019
AI RegulationData PrivacyCybersecurity
Jurisdiction
France
Date
Oct 20, 2022
Status
Ruling Issued
Source
curia
Court
CNIL (French Data Protection Authority)
Date Filed
Oct 20, 2022
Date Decided
Oct 20, 2022
Relevance
93%
Summary
Key EU enforcement against AI facial recognition. Part of coordinated multi-country action against mass biometric surveillance.
Holding
CNIL fined Clearview AI €20M and ordered deletion of all French residents' data. Scraping publicly available facial images constitutes unlawful processing of biometric data under GDPR.
Key Facts
Clearview scraped 20B+ facial images from the internet without consent. Multiple EU DPAs (France, Italy, Greece, UK) took coordinated enforcement action.
Status Timeline
Ruling IssuedCNIL fined Clearview AI €20M, ordered data deletion