The Dutch data protection watchdog issued facial recognition startup Clearview AI with a fine of 30.5 million euros ($33.7 million) over its creation of what the agency called an “illegal database” of billion of photos of faces.
The Netherlands’ Data Protection Agency, or DPA, also warned Dutch companies that using Clearview’s services is also banned.
The data agency said that New York-based Clearview “has not objected to this decision and is therefore unable to appeal against the fine.”
But in a statement emailed to The Associated Press, Clearview’s chief legal officer, Jack Mulcaire, said that