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ICO's Clearview AI penalty survives a jurisdiction challenge at the Upper Tribunal
The ICO fined Clearview AI for scraping facial images of UK residents; the First-tier Tribunal overturned the fine on jurisdiction grounds in 2023, and in 2025 the Upper Tribunal ruled that decision legally wrong, restoring the ICO's jurisdiction.
£7,552,800monetary penalty originally imposed, with a deletion order
>30 billionfacial images scraped, per the ICO case
2025Upper Tribunal found the First-tier Tribunal erred in law
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