What are the implications of Clearview AI's win

In October 2023, Clearview AI Inc. achieved a successful outcome in its appeal against a fine of over £7.5 million imposed by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office in May 2022 for breach of the GDPR and the UK GDPR.

In this article, drafted by our data protection team in London and published in the Privacy and Data Protection journal (Volume 24, issue 3), Katie Hewson, partner, Daniel Jones, associate, and Nelson Kiu, senior paralegal, analyse the UK Tribunal’s decision and its implications for organisations and data protection professionals, including those outside of the UK who process the personal data of UK data subjects as part of their activities.