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To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Earlier this year, Amnesty International announced its "Ban the Scan" campaign in New York City. It warns that "[f]acial recognition technology can amplify racially discriminatory policing" and that "Black and minority communities are at risk of being misidentified and falsely arrested—in some instances, facial recognition has been 95% inaccurate." 1 The organization is asking New York resi...

On February 3, 2021, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), the Commission daccès à linformation 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 i...