How to Delete Yourself from the Clearview AI Database

Chủ nhật - 05/05/2024 23:24
The legality of Clearview AI, a controversial startup that uses public photos posted on social media networks to build a facial recognition database, has been challenged by multiple governments and websites. In the meantime, the company...
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The legality of Clearview AI, a controversial startup that uses public photos posted on social media networks to build a facial recognition database, has been challenged by multiple governments and websites. In the meantime, the company still operates and your personal data might be accessible through their database.[1] It is possible to get your photos and information off of the Clearview AI database. However, how you go about doing that depends on where you live and the privacy laws that protect you. For residents of the EU, the UK, Switzerland, and the state of California in the US, the company has automated forms you can fill out.

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Using Automated Forms

  1. Step 1 Navigate to the Clearview privacy page.
    From the Clearview homepage at https://clearview.ai/, scroll all the way to the bottom. Then click on "Privacy Request Forms." The page that comes up has links to the automated forms for each jurisdiction.
    • As of March 2020, there are 7 different forms you can use to exercise your data privacy rights. Your specific rights, however, vary depending on where you live.
  2. Step 2 Avoid using the de-index request form.
    If you don't live in the EU, the UK, Switzerland, or California, you'll need to request removal by email. Clearview AI provides a form for the general public that you can use to have specific images removed from the Clearview AI database, but only under a set of convoluted circumstances.
    • The de-index form can only be used if Clearview AI has a photo in its database that you've taken down from the web. However, to make your request, you have to first know that Clearview AI has the photo. Then, you also have to know the URL for the photo (before it was taken down).
    • Essentially, to use this option, you would have to copy the URL for every publicly available photo of you on the internet, then remove those images. After confirming removal, you could the provide the old URL to Clearview AI using the automated de-index request form.

    Warning: The de-index request form does not remove images that are still active and publicly available. It also doesn't keep Clearview AI from collecting additional data you post in the future.

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Requesting by Email

  1. Step 3 Scan your government-issued photo ID if you're requesting access to data.
    Because you can send anyone's picture to Clearview AI, if you want to see your file, the company requires you to prove that you are the person in the photo. After you scan your ID, it's a good idea to black out the ID number and your birth date. You might also want to black out your last name.[6]
    • This step is only necessary if you're requesting access to your file. If you're requesting that the company delete all of your data, it will delete all of the photos that match with the photo you sent. However, you'll have no way of knowing what photos they had.

    Warning: Privacy experts do not recommend that you provide this much information to Clearview AI. However, as of March 2020, it is the only way to see exactly what data the company has on you.[7]

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