According to experts, the facial recognition software industry is running into regulatory issues when it comes to collecting your photos from the Internet.
Is facial recognition an invasion of your privacy?
The UK’s data protection watchdog has confirmed a fine for Clearview AI, a controversial facial recognition company, which has been harvesting images of people from the web and social media to create a global online database for police use.
“The practice of scraping people’s images and identities without their consent and performing facial recognition based on that data is questionably legal and a serious violation of public privacy,” Avi Golan, CEO of facial recognition company Oosto, told Lifewire in an email interview. “Even if used only by law enforcement, it violates privacy and public trust in the technology. Leaking these capabilities to the private sector is a dangerous escalation.”
Clearview did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Lifewire.
