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Under the settlement agreement filed in Illinois state court today:

Before this agreement, Clearview ignored the fact that biometric information can be misused to create dangerous situations and threats to their lives. “Much of our work centers on protecting privacy and ensuring the safety of survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.

“This settlement is a big win for the most vulnerable people in Illinois,” said Linda Xóchitl Tortolero, president and CEO of Mujeres Latinas en Acción, a Chicago-based non-profit. The lawsuit alleged that Clearview repeatedly violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), a law adopted in 2008 to ensure that Illinois residents would not have their biometric identifiers – including faceprints – captured and used without their knowledge and permission. The restrictions are detailed in an agreement resolving a lawsuit filed against Clearview in May 2020 on behalf of groups representing survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, undocumented immigrants, current and former sex workers, and other vulnerable communities uniquely harmed by face recognition surveillance. Eli Wade-Scott from Edelson PC, a nationally recognized-leader in consumer privacy litigation that recently obtained a $650 million settlement in a BIPA case with Facebook, which has also announced that it will curtail its facial recognition practices nationwide. “There is a battle being fought in courtrooms and statehouses across the country about who is going to control biometrics-Big Tech or the people being tracked by them-and this represents one of the biggest victories for consumers to date,” said J.

Other companies would be wise to take note, and other states should follow Illinois’ lead in enacting strong biometric privacy laws.” “Clearview can no longer treat people’s unique biometric identifiers as an unrestricted source of profit. “By requiring Clearview to comply with Illinois’ pathbreaking biometric privacy law not just in the state, but across the country, this settlement demonstrates that strong privacy laws can provide real protections against abuse,” said Nathan Freed Wessler, a deputy director of the ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project. The company will also cease selling access to its database to any entity in Illinois, including state and local police, for five years. Among the provisions in the binding settlement, which will become final when approved by the court, Clearview is permanently banned, nationwide, from making its faceprint database available to most businesses and other private entities.

The central provision of the settlement restricts Clearview from selling its faceprint database not just in Illinois, but across the United States. Clearview AI, the company is now permanently banned, nationwide, from making its faceprint database available to most businesses and other private actors.ĬHICAGO – Under a legal settlement filed in court today, Clearview AI - a secretive face surveillance company claiming to have captured more than 10 billion faceprints from peoples’ online photos across the globe - has agreed to a new set of restrictions that ensure the company is in alignment with the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), a groundbreaking Illinois privacy law.