Clearview AI negotiates partnership with state agencies for infection monitoring

As governments look into surveillance, geolocation and biometric facial recognition to contain the coronavirus, even if they violate user data privacy, the controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI is allegedly negotiating a partnership with state agencies to monitor infected people and the individuals with whom they have interacted. The data mining company Palantir is already collaborating with the CDC and NIH, while the White House convened a task force of technology companies to explore how they can help.

Source: https://www.biometricupdate.com/202003/governments-looking-into-advanced-surveillance-biometric-tech-to-contain-coronavirus
Writer: Luana Pascu
Publication: Biometric Update