GDPR doesn't protect U.K. citizens from U.S. companies, rules tribunal in Clearview AI appeal.
According to court documents, the UK commissioner doesn’t have the authority or jurisdiction to cite or fine the “foreign” company for GDPR infractions.U.S. surveillance and facial recognition firm Clearview AI has won a court appeal in the United Kingdom after being accused of alleged infractions related to the U.K’s general data protection regulation .
Per a U.K. court tribunal led by Tribunal Judge Lynn Griffin, whether Clearview AI ran afoul of GDPR is“Whether or not CV has infringed the Articles of GDPR or UK GDPR as alleged or at all was not the issue before us. That would be the subject of any substantive hearing were this case to go forward.”
In reference to Clearview AI, the court document states “it is a foreign company providing its service to ‘foreign clients, using foreign IP addresses, and in support of the public interest national security and criminal law enforcement functions’, such functions being targeted at behaviour within their jurisdiction and outside of the UK.”
In contrast, Clearview AI has been sued and fined multiple times in Europe via the E.U. 's GDPR with fines being levied in France, Italy, and Greece. In Sweden, the local police authority wasHowever, regarding these and other judgments, Clearview AI has managed to avoid following the court’s orders in at least some instances.
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