PimEyes accused of scraping images from social media platforms
Facial recognition search engine PimEyes came under fire for processing photographs scraped from major social media platforms. A report (in English , German ) by digital rights organisation Netzpolitik discovered that PimEyes regularly scraped content from Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Twitter and Russian social network vKontakte. A PimEyes spokeperson said the allegation was untrue. However, the report prompted some social media companies to send legal demands that PimEyes stop using their data. The incident raised questions about the legality of PimEyes under the EU's General Data Protection Regulation, and the danger it poses from stalkers, fraudsters and other people misusing it. It also resulted in questions about the implications for individual name and image rights, and a call for a moratorium on commercial facial recognition systems in the European Parliament. System 🤖 PimEyes Operator: Daniel Laufer, Sebastian Meineck Developer: PimEyes Country: Germany Sector: Technology Purpose: Identify individuals Technology: Facial recognition Issue: Privacy ; Transparency Investigations, audits, assessments 🧐 Netzpolitik (2020). A Polish company is abolishing our anonymity Netzpolitik (2020). Eine polnische Firma schafft gerade unsere Anonymität ab
- Date it happened
- 2020-06-01
- Organisation involved
- PimEyes
- Product, system or model
- PimEyes
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