Tech Firm Hit With Class Complaint For Creating ‘Massive’ Facial Scan Database

(January 27, 2020, 12:46 PM EST) -- CHICAGO — Clearview AI Inc. created and furnished to law enforcement a database of the facial scans of “millions of unsuspecting individuals,” contributing to the creation of a “massive surveillance state” a plaintiff claims in a putative class complaint filed Jan. 22 in Illinois federal court, alleging violations of the First, Fourth and 14th amendments to the U.S. Constitution and the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) (David Mutnick v. Clearview AI Inc., et al., No. 1:20-cv-00512, N.D. Ill.)....