AustraliaPublic sector2019–2020Australian Federal Police
Clearview AI facial recognition trial for investigations
Australia's privacy regulator found the AFP's Clearview AI trial breached privacy obligations
Problem
Investigators sought to identify persons of interest and victims from facial images in active investigations.
Approach
Members of the AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation used a free Clearview AI trial from November 2019 to January 2020. They uploaded facial images to search for matches among photographs collected from the internet. The AFP did not complete the required privacy impact assessment before use.
Results
No published figures
Takeaway
The free trial involved personal information from active investigations. The regulator found gaps in how the AFP identified and tracked trials involving high privacy risks.
Categories
- Size
- Large enterprise
- Industry
- Public sector
- Business function
- Production and quality
- Innovation type
- Process innovation
- AI technology
- Computer vision
- Adoption
- Vendor solution
- Goal
- Quality and risk
- Evidence
- Regulator, audit or court
Sources
Source summaries
The commissioner found that the AFP breached privacy obligations during its Clearview AI trial. The AFP was ordered to commission an independent assessment of remaining governance deficiencies and ensure relevant personnel completed updated privacy training.
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