British Columbia's privacy commissioner has confirmed that five police officers and one civilian in the province have used the Clearview AI facial recognition software, despite concerns about privacy violations. Information and Privacy Commissioner Michael McEvoy. The privacy commissioner wouldn't confirm which police force used the software, and would only say that the civilian was a single employee at a private company. Federal Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien told reporters last week the software "is mass surveillance and it is illegal." "We will continue to co-operate with the [Office of the Privacy Commissioner] on other related issues."

Source: CBC News February 13, 2021 15:00 UTC