Published: October 21st, 2022,
Last updated: December 21st, 2022
The French data protection supervisory authority Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) imposed the highest possible fine under the General Data Protection Regulation of €20 million on the US facial recognition provider Clearview AI. In addition, CNIL ordered Clearview AI to cease all data collection and to verifiably delete the unlawfully collected data of French citizens within two months. Should Clearview fail to comply with the request, it faces further fines of €100,000 per day.