© Copyright 2020 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, National Law Review, Volume XI, Number 55, Public Services, Infrastructure, Transportation. In its latest filing in Thornley v. Clearview AI, No. No attorney-client or confidential relationship is formed by the transmission of information between you and the National Law Review website or any of the law firms, attorneys or other professionals or organizations who include content on the National Law Review website. The district court previously found, and the Seventh Circuit affirmed, that it was permissible for Plaintiffs to take advantage of the fact that Illinois permits suits under BIPA that only allege procedural violations of the statute, and that Plaintiffs had not alleged a concrete and particularized harm in alleging the specific violations of BIPA they raised. Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. 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Throughout the procedural history of Thornley, Clearview has consistently alleged that the BIPA violations alleged in Plaintiffs’ complaint are sufficient for Article III standing, because violations of BIPA constitute a concrete and particularized harm given the privacy concerns implicated in the statute. Plaintiffs have argued that the action should play out in state court because the complaint intentionally only alleges a procedural violation of BIPA, which is not itself a sufficient injury in fact to confer Article III standing upon Plaintiffs. Unless otherwise noted, attorneys are not certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, nor can NLR attest to the accuracy of any notation of Legal Specialization or other Professional Credentials. Retailers Beware: “You can’t say your products are made in the USA when [they are] made elsewhere.”, Sued Again: National Republican Senatorial Committee Hit with Another TCPA Suit For Unwanted Robotexts. We’ll have the coverage of how this litigation processes for you here on CPW – stay tuned. The revelations brought on a flotilla of lawsuits alleging violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) and all sorts of justified fears from civil rights organizations over weaponizing personal data. It seems likely that legislation alone won't be able to regulate the widespread use of facial recognition. The application proposes allowing users to submit a photo and instantly retrieve information including, but not limited to, mental health status, housing status, drug use, home address, email, and employer’s website for such suggested uses as “dating.”, “In many instances, it may be desirable for an individual to know more about a person that they meet, such as through business, dating, or other relationship,” the application reads. If you require legal or professional advice, kindly contact an attorney or other suitable professional advisor. Last November, the Los Angeles Police Department banned the use of outside facial recognition technology after finding that detectives had been using Clearview AI without authorization. “In other words, the fact that a burglar intends to publish documents they steal doesn’t mean the burglary is protected by the First Amendment.”, Staff reporter, Gizmodo. (Federal law has yet to be written, and states are slowly joining Illinois’s lead in biometric privacy regulations.) The NLR does not wish, nor does it intend, to solicit the business of anyone or to refer anyone to an attorney or other professional. Under certain state laws the following statements may be required on this website and we have included them in order to be in full compliance with these rules. Software Claims Lacking an Algorithm Are Held Indefinite for Lack of... Another BIPA Litigation Permutation Strikes, This Time Concerning... What Virginia’s New Privacy Law Means for Organizations in the... Energy & Sustainability M&A Activity – March 2021. If you would ike to contact us via email please click here. The application, first reported by Buzzfeed News, was filed in August and became public on Thursday. Clearview AI’s patent application even validates privacy advocates’ worst fears, that such technology could be used to profile people based on housing vulnerability and substance abuse issues. An Update On Commercial Division Operations, It’s Time to (Carefully) Secure that Guaranty. 20-3249, defendant Clearview AI petitioned the Seventh Circuit to stay the issuance of its mandate in the litigation because it plans to file a petition for writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court. And (again, hypothetically!) This software is clearly for people who resemble Gumbi. Senior Living Communities, Liability for COVID-19 Countermeasures, and the PREP Act: Is the Tide Turning for Providers? One of the many unnerving elements of this patent application is the timing. “We do not intend to launch a consumer-grade version of Clearview AI,” the company added. In Spokeo, the Supreme Court found that a statutory violation can be sufficient to constitute an injury in fact, but did not provide analysis of which types of statutory violations necessarily implicate concrete and particularized injuries in fact. Gebru was fired from her role as technical co-lead of Google’s ethical AI team in December; she alleges they were trying to suppress her research on … The rapidly growing capabilities and increasing presence of AI-based systems in our lives raise pressing questions about the impact, governance, ethics, and accountability of these technologies around the world. The content and links on www.NatLawReview.com are intended for general information purposes only. How can we narrow the knowledge gap between AI “experts” and the variety of people who use, interact with, and are impacted by these technologies? In May 2020, just months before the patent application was filed, Clearview AI’s attorney sought to reassure an Illinois court that “Clearview’s customers are currently limited to non-Illinois law enforcement and government entities.” Buzzfeed News reported on other filings declaring that the company would “avoid transacting with non-governmental customers anywhere.”, In a statement sent to Gizmodo, Clearview AI said that its technology “is currently only used by law enforcement for after-the-crime investigations.”. A plaintiff must have Article III standing to sue in federal court, which requires that the plaintiff prove: (1) an injury in fact; (2) causation of the injury by the defendant; and (3) that the injury is likely to be redressed by the requested relief. The patent application reads like a business pitch for precisely that. Bloomberg: Sources: SentinelOne, which develops AI-based endpoint security for all devices and services in a network, is preparing for an IPO that could value it at … She represents a wide variety of clients in complex commercial matters. ... are probably in Clearview AI’s database. Statement in compliance with Texas Rules of Professional Conduct. How ethical are such practices? This is called “correlative face search,” which helps identify secondary characters who’ve appeared in photos alongside them. The National Law Review is not a law firm nor is www.NatLawReview.com  intended to be  a referral service for attorneys and/or other professionals. Clearview AI, now the byword for unchecked surveillance, has filed a wide-ranging patent application that envisions handing over the most reviled uses of facial recognition technology to just about anyone. So while it’s important to be clear that this is an application for a patent that may or may nor develop in any thousands of permutations, even the least harmful version sounds pretty grim given Clearview AI’s long disinterest in consent. Canada's privacy authority says what Clearview AI does is mass surveillance, calls it illegal and unacceptable, and tells it to delete citizens' facial images — Canadian authorities declared that the company needed citizens' consent to use their biometric information, and told the firm to delete facial images from its database. In its latest filing in Thornley v. Clearview AI, No. “A person with a history of DUI arrests, revealed by the facial scans, may be treated differently than a person with a history of diabetic low blood sugar symptoms,” it reads. the information retrieved might not only affect that person, but also anyone affiliated with them; one permutation of the tool could pull up information about the subject’s co-workers, friends, family, and partner. ESG Is in the (SEC) House: SEC Exams, Enforcement and Regulations are Coming, Publication of Sweeping Changes to SEC Marketing Rule Sets Effective and Compliance Dates, Women in the Wake of COVID-19 - Leaders Moving Business Forward - Watch Video, Germany Considers Enacting First-Ever Law Requiring Companies To Both Monitor And Control Supply Chain Practices, Second Court Finds COVID‐19 Business Interruption Coverage Under Tribal First Policy, Expansion of Consumer Privacy Rights in the U.S.: Virginia Adopts CCPA-like Privacy Law. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office declined to comment on whether it factors potential ethical and legal breaches in the patent review process. Get a 48-Pack of AA Batteries for Just $15, or AAA Batteries for $13. You are responsible for reading, understanding and agreeing to the National Law Review's (NLR’s) and the National Law Forum LLC's  Terms of Use and Privacy Policy before using the National Law Review website. It is still pending approval. 20-3249, defendant Clearview AI petitioned the Seventh Circuit to stay the issuance of its mandate in the litigation because it … The Seventh Circuit has not yet issued its mandate following its decision earlier this month to deny rehearing of its decision affirming that Plaintiffs’ putative class action brought under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) should be heard in state court, rather than federal court.