Clearview AI Fine Overturned as Tribunal Deems Facial Recognition Data Used Only for Foreign Law Enforcement

American AI firm Clearview AI harvested billions of photos without consent for facial recognition software
UK privacy regulator ICO fined Clearview £7.5 million and ordered deletion of UK residents' data
Clearview appealed, saying ICO lacked jurisdiction as data processing was for foreign law enforcement
Tribunal agreed ICO lacked authority as data wasn't for commercial purposes or used by UK agencies
Clearview no longer operates in the UK but judgment means deletion order and fine overturned
ICO says still able to act against firms scraping UK data, though this judgment based on foreign law enforcement exemption