"Private companies can't escape data protection law just because they work closely with foreign law enforcement or national security agencies and should be accountable for their practices. UK Government takes steps to regulate secret facial recognition searches of passport and immigration databases."
"For the last five years we have been successfully challenging Clearview's unlawful practices, seeking accountability in five European countries and protecting hundreds of millions of people whose pictures are unknowingly scraped to provide facial recognition services to law enforcement authorities."
Throughout the past year, significant progress was made in holding governments and corporations accountable for data and technology exploitation. Key achievements include a UK tribunal ruling that Clearview AI's facial recognition business must comply with GDPR, ending years of unlawful practices affecting hundreds of millions of people whose images were scraped without consent. Additionally, the UK government took steps to regulate secret facial recognition searches of passport and immigration databases following advocacy efforts. These victories demonstrate that private companies cannot escape data protection laws through relationships with law enforcement or national security agencies, and must be held accountable for their practices.
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