Canada finds RCMP Clearview AI searches violated the Privacy Act
Canada's privacy commissioner found that the RCMP violated federal privacy law by conducting hundreds of searches against Clearview AI's illegally compiled facial-recognition database.
AWAY FROM DOOM40confidence 96/100
Why it moved the index
A federal regulator formally applied privacy law to police use of a mass facial-recognition database, and the RCMP accepted policy, training, assessment, and oversight reforms. The finding did not itself create a comprehensive facial-recognition law, limiting magnitude.
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