facial-recognition software to collect personal information.In a report today, privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien says there were serious and systemic failings by the RCMP to ensure compliance with the Privacy Act before it gathered information from U.S.
firm Clearview AI.“A government institution cannot collect personal information from a third party agent if that third party agent collected the information unlawfully.”Clearview AI’s technology allows for the collection of huge numbers of images from various sources that can help police forces, financial institutions and other clients identify people.In a related probe, Therrien and three provincial counterparts said in February that Clearview AI’s technology resulted in mass.