NEW YORK, October 19, 2023 -- Clearview AI, the leading technology company that provides powerful and reliable facial recognition search engine technology to government agencies, has won in its appeal against the U.K. Information Commissioner Office (ICO).

The decision by the General Regulatory Tribunal reversed the ICO’s 7.5 million pound fine and data deletion order against Clearview AI and found that Clearview AI was not subject to the ICO’s jurisdiction.

Jack Mulcaire, General Counsel for Clearview AI said, “We are pleased with the tribunal's decision to reverse the U.K. ICO's unlawful order against Clearview AI.”

“We are pleased with the tribunal's decision to reverse the U.K. ICO's unlawful order against Clearview AI.”

— Jack Mulcaire, General Counsel for Clearview AI

Clearview AI's facial recognition technology is used by law enforcement and national security agencies to help solve crimes and conduct investigations after-the-fact by quickly and accurately matching photos of suspects, persons of interest and potential victims against a database of more than 30 billion publicly available facial images.

Clearview AI has been instrumental in helping investigators solve thousands of cases including crimes against children, homicides, financial frauds, drug trafficking, sex offenders as well as victim and missing person identifications.