ACLU accuses Clearview AI of privacy “nightmare scenario”

Re:ACLU accuses Clearview AI of privacy “nightmare scenario” by pixxel on Thursday June 11, 2020 @01:17PM (#23491028)

> The facial recognition start-up violated the privacy of Illinois residents by collecting their images without their consent, the civil liberties group says in a new lawsuit.

>In a suit filed in Illinois, the A.C.L.U. said that Clearview violated a state law that forbids companies from using a resident’s fingerprints or face scans without consent.

>Under the law, residents have the right to sue companies for up to $5,000 per privacy violation.

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Up to $5k doesn’t seem adequate in this case.

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Re:ACLU accuses Clearview AI of privacy “nightmare scenario” by tuckerconnelly on Thursday June 11, 2020 @01:34PM (#23491217)

Wouldn't it be $5k * number of images scraped? Illinois has 12.7 million residents. If only 6 million images were scraped, that would be $30B.

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Re:ACLU accuses Clearview AI of privacy “nightmare scenario” by pixxel on Thursday June 11, 2020 @02:51PM (#23492102)

Yes indeed. Sorry I wasn’t clear, I meant from an individual’s perspective. $5K isn’t much, but yes the total sum would give some satisfaction.

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Re:ACLU accuses Clearview AI of privacy “nightmare scenario” by nwsm on Thursday June 11, 2020 @04:30PM (#23493009)

That's generally how class action law suits play out.

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Re:ACLU accuses Clearview AI of privacy “nightmare scenario” by zoopdewoop on Thursday June 11, 2020 @01:40PM (#23491292)

Those darn COPA violations...

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Re:ACLU accuses Clearview AI of privacy “nightmare scenario” by drchopchop on Thursday June 11, 2020 @04:44PM (#23493114)

Well, their "HQ" is a 1-person WeWork office near Penn Station, I kinda doubt they have the money to pay out any giant class action settlements.

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