European Union: Clearview AI hit with another €20M ban

I think this is another extreme overreaction by the Big Government of EU on face recognition technology! It is reminiscent of Luddites!

Should not the consumer and citizen have the last word?

"... Clearview AI has been hit with another sanction for breaching European privacy rules.

The Athens-based Hellenic data protection authority has fined the controversial facial recognition firm €20 million and banned it from collecting and processing the personal data of people living in Greece. It has also ordered it to delete any data on Greek citizens that it has already collected.

Since late last year, national DPAs in the U.K., Italy and France have also issued similar decisions sanctioning Clearview — effectively freezing its ability to sell its services in their markets since any local customers would be putting themselves at risk of being fined. ..."

Selfie scraping Clearview AI hit with another €20M ban order in Europe | TechCrunch: Athens-based data protection authority has fined Clearview AI €20M and banned it from collecting and processing the personal data of people living in Greece.