On February 3, 2021, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC),
the
Commission d'accès à l'information du
Québec (CAI), the Information and Privacy Commissioner
for British Columbia (OIPC BC), and the Information and Privacy
Commissioner of Alberta (AB OIPC, and together with the BC OIPC,
the CAI and the OPC, the Regulators), published a joint Report of
Findings (the Report) following an investigation into whether
Clearview AI, Inc.'s (Clearview) collection, use and disclosure
of the personal information by means of its facial recognition
tool, complied with federal and provincial private sector privacy
laws (Privacy Laws).
In the wide-ranging Report, the Regulators characterize