The United Kingdom government announced a fine of over £7.5 million against facial recognition company Clearview AI and ordered them to cease collection of information on UK residents and delete the data already collected. ClearView has been targeted by other countries in the past for its data gathering practices as well. Both Australia and Canada ordered the company to stop collecting information on its citizens in November and December 2021, respectively. In the UK announcement, John Edwards, the UK Information Commissioner, stated “the company not only enables identification of those people, but effectively monitors their behaviour and offers it as a commercial service. That is unacceptable.” The fine and order follows a joint investigation from the Information Commissioner’s Office and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner between July 2020 and November 2021. In response, Clearview’s founder and CEO Hoan Ton-That stated, “he was ‘deeply disappointed’ that the U.K. data authority ‘misinterpreted’ his company’s technology and intentions.” He also “welcomes” conversations with leaders and lawmakers to assist law enforcement in using the technology to “continue to make communities safe.” While Clearview claims to assist law enforcement, privacy advocates such as the EFF have advocated against the use of facial recognition in law enforcement due to bias and privacy concerns. The governments of the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada, as well as multiple US municipalities have shown that they agree with these privacy concerns, opting to ban the service rather than utilizing it themselves.