Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) · 10 February 2022
Clearview Al Inc.
Non-compliance with general data processing principles
Fine€20,000,000Fine issued
- Regulator
- Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante)
- Decided
- 10 February 2022
- Country
- Italy
- Sector
- Industry and Commerce
- Regulator’s reference
- Not recorded
- Fino case number
- 2022/IT/116
What happened
The Italian DPA fined Clearview €20,000,000 for conducting facial recognition on public web sources in violation of Articles 5(1)(a), (b) and (e), 6, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 27 GDPR, prohibits further processing, requires deletion of personal data already collected and the designation of a representative.
Summary from the GDPRhub page for this decision, written by its volunteers, not by Fino. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Rules involved
- Art. 6Lawfulness of processingRead →
- Art. 9Processing of special categories of personal dataRead →
- Art. 12Transparent information, communication and modalities for the exercise of the rights of the data subjectRead →
- Art. 13Information to be provided where personal data are collected from the data subjectRead →
- Art. 14Information to be provided where personal data have not been obtained from the data subjectRead →
- Art. 15Right of access by the data subjectRead →
- Art. 27Representatives of controllers or processors not established in the UnionRead →
- Data principles
- Data subject rights
- Special categories
- Transparency
- Unlawful processing
Sources
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