The U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined outsourcing firm Capita £14 million ($18.8M) for its alleged failure to prevent a data breach that compromised the personal information of millions of people.
Washington is the latest state in which Google has settled a location tracking lawsuit, adding to a list that has cost it a little over half a billion dollars to date. Lawsuits date back to a 2018 probe that found Google apps and services were continuing to track and log data even after users had changed privacy settings.
After failing to pay the data protection fine or provide any proof of compliance, CNIL is now issuing Clearview AI an overdue payment penalty in the amount of €5.2 million. The facial recognition firm was warned that it could face additional fines of €100,000 per day if it did not comply.
