Illegal Use of Facial Recognition by Finland's Police: A Breach of Trustworthy AI Principles

January 15, 2020

The National Police Board in Finland was criticized for an unlawful handling of sensitive personal data during a facial recognition trial, aimed at detecting child sexual abuse victims. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help establish guardrails for safe and secure AI? JOIN US
Alleged deployer
finland-national-bureau-of-investigation
Alleged developer
clearview-ai
Alleged harmed parties
finland-national-bureau-of-investigation

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