Clearview AI Told It Broke Australia's Privacy Law, Ordered To Delete Data (techcrunch.com) 14
After Canada, now Australia has found that controversial facial recognition company, Clearview AI, broke national privacy laws when it covertly collected citizens' facial biometrics and incorporated them into its AI-powered identity matching service -- which it sells to law enforcement agencies and others. From a report: In a statement today, Australia's information commissioner and privacy commissioner, Angelene Falk, said Clearview AI's facial recognition tool breached the country's Privacy Act 1988 by:
Collecting Australians' sensitive information without consent
Collecting personal information by unfair means
Not taking reasonable steps to notify individuals of the collection of personal information
Not taking reasonable steps to ensure that personal information it disclosed was accurate, having regard to the purpose of disclosure
Not taking reasonable steps to implement practices, procedures and systems to ensure compliance with the Australian Privacy Principles.
Collecting Australians' sensitive information without consent
Collecting personal information by unfair means
Not taking reasonable steps to notify individuals of the collection of personal information
Not taking reasonable steps to ensure that personal information it disclosed was accurate, having regard to the purpose of disclosure
Not taking reasonable steps to implement practices, procedures and systems to ensure compliance with the Australian Privacy Principles.
Two words: (Score:4, Insightful)
Same as Facebook, these guys (Clearview AI) can be described as: "Privacy Rapists"
Ahhh, the law... (Score:5, Insightful)
Private people - "You should have known the law. Ignorance of the law isn't an excuse. Come with me."
Corporations - "Dear fine sirs. We have found that you are probably in violation of the law. When you get to it, can you please have your people stop this."
Cuz Corporations are people!
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Re:Ahhh, the law... (Score:4, Funny)
Cuz Corporations are people!
What's that saying again? ""I'll Believe Corporations Are People When Texas Executes One"
I'd be satisfied with such a corporation being "thrown in jail" like a convicted person would be - like literally: they wouldn't be able to operate (people in jail can't go to work - they'd lose their job anyways) to take in revenue, but yet still be responsible to fulfill their obligations (ie. still pay taxes, their employees, etc., just as a jailed person still needs to make their house/car payments, etc.).
I don't see why corporations get special treatment if they're "people" too.
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Cuz Corporations are people!
What's that saying again? ""I'll Believe Corporations Are People When Texas Executes One"
I'd be satisfied with such a corporation being "thrown in jail" like a convicted person would be - like literally: they wouldn't be able to operate (people in jail can't go to work - they'd lose their job anyways) to take in revenue, but yet still be responsible to fulfill their obligations (ie. still pay taxes, their employees, etc., just as a jailed person still needs to make their house/car payments, etc.).
I don't see why corporations get special treatment if they're "people" too.
I think it can be summed up like this:
Libs say that corrupt corporations are screwing the country up.
Conservatives say it's not the corporations, the problem is the Government
I just note that in today's 'Murrica, corporations are the government
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I just note that in today's 'Murrica, corporations are the government
Maybe s/are/own/ ?
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I just note that in today's 'Murrica, corporations are the government
Maybe s/are/own/ ?
In all cases, yes.
Jurisdiction? (Score:2, Insightful)
If ClearView isn't operating in Australia, does it matter what Australia says?
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If ClearView isn't operating in Australia, does it matter what Australia says?
This is where trade agreements and treaties come into play (probably many other legal instruments I'm not aware of too). I'm not sure what authority Australia has to taken any particular action against ClearView, but I doubt being a foreign country will mean it has no power over an American company.
If ClearView does business in Australia, it is even easier for Australia to enforce rulings.
same thing everywhere (Score:3)
So the same thing Clearview does all over the world?
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Yup. Hadly the first nation that has said something to Clearview about it, and probably won''t be the last.
Clearview, meanwhile, appears to give precisely zero fucks about other nations' privacy laws.
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There are reasons that I do my best to keep my picture off of the Internet. I certainly do not associate my picture with any profile, like say on LinkedIn. Cannot control what the DMV does with the picture they force me to take, cannot control those that have copied my driver's license (for medical insurance for example).
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Whoever downvoted this isn't paying attention