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title: "Clearview AI fined EUR 20,000,000 (France, 2022)"
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source: "https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/cnil/id/CNILTEXT000046444859"
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text_as_of: "2026-10-28"
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Fine · France

# Clearview AI: EUR 20,000,000

[Reviewed by Sergio Maldonado Elvira on 29 October 2026](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/about#review)

- **Authority:** Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (CNIL)
- **Country:** France
- **Date:** Decision of 17 October 2022
- **Amount:** EUR 20,000,000, as imposed (not converted)
- **Appeal status:** Unknown
- **Provisions cited:** [Article 6](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/6), [Article 12](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/12), [Article 15](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/15), [Article 17](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/17), [Article 31](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/31)

## What the fine was for (summary, not the official text)

Facial-recognition firm scraped photos of people in France from the web with no legal basis, ignored access and erasure requests and did not cooperate with the CNIL; ordered to stop and delete, with a daily penalty.

## Official source

- [Decision or announcement of the authority](https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/cnil/id/CNILTEXT000046444859)

Checked against the official source on 28 October 2026.

Only the authority's decision is authoritative. This is reference material, not legal advice.

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