Finland, Finland, national
National Bureau of Investigation
Retrospective Facial Recognition, supplied by Clearview AI, and separately Arachnid
DiscontinuedRegulator findingPAI-B2E92BC6
- Body
- National Bureau of Investigation
- Country
- Finland
- Area
- Finland, national
- Technology
- Retrospective Facial Recognition
- Supplier
- Clearview AI, and separately Arachnid
- Status
- Discontinued
Use has ended, on the evidence of a public source. - Stage
- Withdrawn
- Since
- 2020
- Legal basis
- None in place at the time; this absence is what the regulatory reprimand below addresses
- Oversight
- Finnish Data Protection Ombudsman, who reprimanded the National Police Board
- Evidence
- Regulator finding
Data protection authority, inspectorate or oversight body - Source
- Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman (Finland), statutory reprimand
- Last checked
- Record code
PAI-B2E92BC6
Notes
Finland's National Bureau of Investigation ran approximately 120 Clearview AI searches in early 2020 while trying to identify possible victims in child sexual abuse material, producing one hit, and separately tested Arachnid for the same purpose; police concluded Clearview was unsuitable for the task. The Finnish Data Protection Ombudsman subsequently reprimanded the National Police Board because the trial had taken place without appropriate controller approval or supervision.