Swedish police fined for unlawful use of facial-recognition app Sweden’s data watchdog has found that Swedish police failed to conduct the data protection checks required by law before using controversial facial-recognition tool Share this item with your network: By Published: 18 Feb 2021 16:30 Sweden’s data protection authority IMY has fined the Swedish Police Authority €250,000 for unlawfully using controversial facial-recognition technology company Clearview AI to identify individuals in breach of the country’s Criminal Data Act. Following reports in local media, an investigat...