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Canada orders Clearview AI to stop collection and delete face data

Canadian privacy authorities ordered Clearview AI to stop collecting, using, and disclosing facial images and biometric data in Canada and to delete data already collected from Canadians.

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CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
AWAY FROM DOOM44confidence 96/100

Why it moved the index

A binding privacy order imposed collection cessation and deletion duties on a deployed mass facial-recognition system, directly strengthening privacy and human control. Cross-border enforcement limits the practical protection.

Assessment history

  1. R1
    Away 44 · confidence 96

    New December 2021 binding Canadian facial-recognition governance event absent from the durable corpus and distinct from earlier findings.

    12 Aug 2026

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