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Tietosuojavaltuutetun toimisto (Finland) · 20 September 2021

Finnish police

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FineNo fineViolation found
Regulator
Tietosuojavaltuutetun toimisto (Finland)
Decided
20 September 2021
Country
Finland
Sector
Not given
Regulator’s reference
3394/171/21
Fino case number
2021/FI/013
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What happened

The Finnish DPA found that the Finnish police had unlawfully relied on the facial recognition software Clearview AI in 2020. It ordered the Finnish Police to bring processing into compliance with the GDPR and to notify identifiable data subjects of this breach.

Summary from GDPRhub (noyb), written by its volunteers, not by Fino. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Rules involved

The source doesn’t list which GDPR articles were involved.

Sources

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