The American start-up Clearview sells database with 3000 illegally scraped pictures.

The American start-up Clearview sells database with 3000 illegally scraped pictures.
Charlotte Bourguignon

There is the possibility that your photo has been illegally obtained and imported into the database of the American start-up Clearview. They scraped 3 billion pictures, applied facial recognition to it and then sold it to law enforcement agencies, public services and private companies around the world. 

In the audio fragment Bavo van den Heuvel further explains the case.

Click here to listen the audio fragment at Radio1

(Only available in Dutch)