Forbes: 390 Million Faces: Clearview AI’s Secret $750,000 Attempt To Buy Your Mugshot

“The contract shows that Clearview was trying to get social security numbers, email addresses, home addresses, and other personal information along with the mugshots,” said Jeramie Scott, Senior Counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, or EPIC. 

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Privacy watchdogs warn about the troubling implications of merging facial recognition technology with criminal justice data. Scott pointed out that linking individuals to mugshots and related information can fuel bias among human reviewers using the system. “This is especially concerning given that Black and brown people are overrepresented in the criminal legal system,” Scott emphasized. 

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