The Upper Tribunal upheld three parts of the U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office’s case against Clearview AI, including that its processing of personal information constitutes monitoring of U.K. residents’ behavior; its processing does not fall outside data protection laws; and a lower court incorrectly applied the U.K. General Data Protection Regulation. “It is essential that foreign organisations are held accountable when their technologies impact the information rights and freedoms of individuals in the UK,” ICO Commissioner John Edwards said of the decision.
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