Nuked Clearview ai says it will no longer sell its app to private companies and non-law enforcement entities. It will also be terminating all contracts in the state of Illinois.
Clearview’s technology has been used by thousands of organizations, including Bank of America, Macy’s, and Walmart.
Clearview argues that it should not face an injunction because it’s taking these steps to comply with the state’s privacy law.
David mutnick sued Clearview in January for violating his privacy under the Illinois biometric information privacy act. The law makes it illegal for companies to collect and store sensitive biometric data without consent.
Clearview has had at least 105 customers in Illinois, according to BuzzFeed. It’s not clear if the Federal Bureau of investigation’s Chicago office or the Bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives will now be prevented from using the platform under the outright Illinois ban.
Clearview AI is committed to’abiding by all laws relevant to it’. The lawyer representing Clearview ai told BuzzFeed.
Clearview says it will also take measures to prevent its technology from collecting data from Illinois residents. The company says it’s also building an opt-out tool, but it’s not clear if that would be at the request of an Illinois-based individual.
Clearview’s database already contains more than 3 billion photos collected in part by scraping social media sites against those services’ terms of service.
The ACLU’s speech, privacy, and technology project says the promises do little to address concerns about Clearview’s reckless and dangerous business model. Nathan freed wessler, a staff attorney with the ACLU, said:’there is no guarantee these steps will actually protect Illinois residents’.
Clearview is doubling down on the sale of its face surveillance system to law enforcement. It continues to fuel large scale violations of Americans’ privacy and due process rights.
