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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lizzie Dearden

Facial recognition company used by British police fined £7.5m over unlawful image database

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A facial recognition company used by British police forces has been fined more than £7.5m for creating an unlawful database of 20 billion images.

The Information Commissioner’s Office said Clearview AI had scraped people’s private photos from social media and across the internet without their knowledge.

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