Content type: Long Read
A tribunal in the UK has overturned a legal judgment about Clearview’s objectionable scraping of images of people’s faces from the internet. The latest ruling helpfully clarifies what should be in scope of data protection law, and provides a sensible view on how companies that operate across many jurisdictions should not be able to dodge the application of local laws.Clearview’s model of selling intrusive surveillance to law enforcement agencies is not just grim, it also undermines people’s…