How to Opt Out of Clearview Ai

Why should I opt out of Clearview AI training ?

Clearview AI creates facial recognition software used by governments, companies and various other law enforcement agencies. Essentially it is used to match photos of people with a database of over 20 billion (yes, BILLION) images collected from all across the internet. Remember that selfie you took with your cat? Yes, it’s probably there. Whenever an identity verification is needed to check it is really you, there is a high chance that Clearview is involved. This could mean the police, a tax agency, a bank, a school you want to enrol yourself or your children. Scary, right?

Clearview has a really bad reputation for not respecting the law and there have been a lot of fines issued by multiple data protection authorities in Europe in countries like the Netherlands and France. In the United States, ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) has been involved in taking Clearview to court for their practices.

If you don’t want your facial photos being used, you need to opt out of Clearview if you happen to live in a jurisdiction where this is possible.

Otherwise, all of your online content will pile up in their databases and you could face automated decisions in the future that take those materials into consideration.

How do I opt out of Clearview AI training?

In order to make your life easy, we compiled a step by step guide on how to opt out of Clearview's AI:

Clearview Opt Out Guide Steps:

1. To opt out of AI processing with Clearview AI you first need to scroll down to the bottom of their page to Privacy and Requests.
2. Click on "Privacy & Requests".
3. You now need to click on the options below the state you live in.
4. Click on "Delete"
5. Select the state you are resident of.
6. For this example we used Colorado.
7. Select "Delete/Opt-Out".
8. And also "Opt-Out of Profiling".
9. Enter your email.
10. Click on "I acknowledge".
11. Prove you are not a robot.
12. Upload a clear image of your face.
13. Next, click on "Submit".
14. Go to your "Inbox".
15. Look in your Inbox for the confirmation email.
16. Click on "Confirm Email".

How do I know that Clearview got my request ?

Once you complete the steps in the guide you should get a confirmation message after you click on the "Confirm Email" link you got in your Inbox. This should look like this:

How to delete your Clearview personal data?

If you opt out of AI processing, that does not mean that Clearview no longer keeps your personal data. It has just stopped using it to train their AI models. The only way to get your data deleted from Clearview is to ask for deletion.

Learn how to send a data deletion request to any company !

How do I know which companies hold my personal data and how do I ask for data deletion?

Finding the companies that have your data takes a lot of time and it’s quite an impossible task. Filling in the Data Deletion Request template takes time. Going on their website and through their privacy policy to discover the right email to send it to is taxing. Doing this for 100+ companies is near to impossible.

That’s why we created AgainstData.com The app shows you which companies have your data, who those companies are and allows you to request Data Deletion with one simple click. Plus, it makes monitoring the conversations super easy.

If you want to use AgainstData.com to find out which companies hold your data and send them Data Deletion Requests, simply follow these steps:

• Go to AgainstData.com

• Sign-in with your Gmail account

• See which companies have your data

• Ask for deletion with 1 click