The European Union’s assault on controversial facial image aggregator Clearview AI continued Wednesday, with the Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA) in Greece the latest to penalize the company for violations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
The HDPA fined the company 20 million euros (U.S. $19.9 million)—a record in the country—for unlawfully processing the biometric data of Greek citizens. The enforcement action also included a ban on Clearview AI’s collection of personal data from data subjects in Greece and required it to delete any data it has already collected from the country’s residents.
The decision (in Greek) against Clearview AI by the HDPA follows similar actions in Italy and the United Kingdom earlier this year. In February, Italy’s DPA, Garante, fined the company €20 million (then-U.S. $22 million) for unlawfully processing the data of Italian citizens, while the U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office in May announced a penalty of more than 7.5 million pounds (then-U.S. $9.4 million) regarding the same practices on U.K. citizens. In each case, Clearview AI responded it does not do business in the European Union and is not subject to the GDPR.
The company’s response to the HDPA fine struck a similar tone.
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