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Facial Recognition Firm Reaches Privacy Settlement

Clearview AI has agreed to stop selling access to its 20-billion-strong photo database to private US corps and individuals, according to a Monday settlement filing, pending approval by a Chicago judge.

The startup also agreed to cease allowing Illinois state govt and police depts to use its database for 5 years, though it will continue working with federal agencies and non-Illinois law enforcement and govt contractors.

The ruling does not quite conclude a two-year court battle with the American Civil Liberties Union, which had sued over alleged violations of digital privacy law in Illinois.

A group of US lawmakers warned earlier this year that the company’s product could “eliminate public anonymity in the United States,” and even the company's tech competitors like Google and Facebook have sought...

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