Australia orders US facial recognition software firm to destroy data
Clearview AI breached privacy laws, collected images from social media
SYDNEY: An Australian regulator on Wednesday ordered U.S. facial recognition software company Clearview AI Inc to stop collecting images from websites and destroy data collected in the country after an investigation found it breached privacy laws.
Privately owned Clearview, which cross-references photos scraped from social media websites with a database of billions of images, collected Australians’ sensitive information without consent and without checking its matches were accurate, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) said.
The finding shows a growing backlash by regulators against the controversial technology, which…
