Clearview AI faces criminal complaint in Austria for suspected privacy violations

Austrian privacy group Noyb said on Tuesday it has filed a criminal complaint in Austria, accusing US-based Clearview AI of illegally collecting photos and videos of European Union residents to build its facial-recognition database.

Noyb said in a statement Clearview violated the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and Austria’s criminal provisions for those violations could expose Clearview and its executives to personal liability, including potential jail time.

Clearview, which markets its tools mainly to law enforcement and says it has…