France’s data protection authority (CNIL) has imposed a €20 million fine on Clearview AI, the controversial facial recognition firm time for illegally gathering and using data belonging to French residents without their knowledge.
CNIL imposed the maximum financial penalty the company could receive as per GDPR Article 83 and also ordered Clearview AI to stop all data collection activities and delete the data gathered on French citizens or face an additional €100,000 fine per day.
“Clearview AI had two months to comply with the injunctions formulated in the formal notice and to justify them to the CNIL. However, it did not provide any response to this formal notice,” the CNIL stated.
“The chair of the CNIL, therefore, decided to refer the matter to the restricted committee, which is in charge of issuing sanctions. On the basis of the information brought to its attention, the restricted committee decided to impose a maximum financial penalty of 20 million euros, according to article 83 of the GDPR.”
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