In March 2020 I filed Data Access Request with Clearview. Apparently my face had been added to their database without my knowledge.

This is worrisome. The New York Times wrote an article about the practises of Clearview AI: “More than 600 law enforcement agencies have started using Clearview in the past year, according to the company, which declined to provide a list.” The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It

It is likely my face has been added to a database of an American police department without my consent or even knowledge. Clearview was backed financially by Peter Thiel, a right wing venture capitalist. Another early investor is a small firm called Kirenaga Partners. Its founder, David Scalzo: “I’ve come to the conclusion that because information constantly increases, there’s never going to be privacy. Laws have to determine what’s legal, but you can’t ban technology. Sure, that might lead to a dystopian future or something, but you can’t ban it.”