- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By Kyle Brasseur2022-10-20T19:13:00
Clearview AI insists it does not have a presence in the European Union and is therefore not subject to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The bloc’s individual data privacy regulators believe otherwise.
France’s CNIL became the fourth data protection authority (DPA) this year to fine U.S.-based Clearview AI over its controversial facial image aggregation practices. The agency’s penalty against the company of 20 million euros (U.S. $19.6 million) announced Thursday matches the Hellenic and Italian DPA before it, while the U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office’s fine of more than 7.5 million pounds (then-U.S. $9.4 million) in May carried a lighter touch.
The Hellenic and Italian enforcement actions were handed down in July and February, respectively.
2023-05-11T20:37:00Z By Adrianne Appel
France’s data protection authority last month fined facial recognition company Clearview AI €5.2 million (then-U.S. $5.7 million) for failing to comply with an October order to cease and desist from further violations of the General Data Protection Regulation.
2023-04-03T18:13:00Z By Adrianne Appel
The Italian data protection authority shut down ChatGPT in the country, alleging the AI chatbot violates European Union privacy laws and has no controls to stop it interacting inappropriately with young children.
2022-11-18T17:05:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
Discord, a popular communication service primarily utilized by the video game community, was assessed a fine of €800,000 (U.S. $829,000) by the French data protection authority for multiple violations of the General Data Protection Regulation related to safeguarding user data.
2025-07-02T18:31:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Emerging enforcement priorities of the U.S. Department of Justice’s health care fraud division align with the Trump administration’s emphasis on prosecuting transnational criminal organizations and ending opioid trafficking.
2025-07-01T23:26:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
Since President Donald Trump took office, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has yet to keep up the level of enforcement it had under previous chair Lina Khan. The agency, however, returned to antitrust action in the case of fuel stations, just in time for the July 4th holiday.
2025-06-25T16:29:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
In May, three commissioners for the Consumer Product Safety Commission were abruptly fired by President Donald Trump and sued for their jobs shortly after. A federal judge has ruled that the commissioners should be reinstated, although it’s unclear whether that ruling may itself be reversed.
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