Recent settlements might help consumers whose face images Clearview AI obtained without permission for inclusion in a biometric database. Class members must file a legitimate claim by October 25, 2024, to be eligible for Clearview AI Class Action Settlement payouts.
Clearview AI Class Action Settlement
The settlement benefits anyone whose face photos and biometric data Clearview AI has in its database. The settlement also helps many statewide subclasses of class members in California, Illinois, New York, and Virginia. This is the only method to get money. The deadline for filing a Claim Form is October 25, 2024.
The class action complaint claims that Clearview AI breached privacy and data protection regulations by collecting face pictures without authorization from public websites such as Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest. Clearview reportedly utilized these photographs to develop a searchable face recognition biometric database, which it then sold access to.
Clearview AI Class Action Settlement Amount
Should you file an approved claim, you will be entitled to a pro-rata share of the Settlement Stake depending on each of the Settlement Classes to which you belong. You will get 10 shares of the Net Settlement Fund should you have been an Illinois resident throughout the relevant period.
The triggering events will determine the amount of the Settlement Fund as follows:
- As of September 6, 2023, the Settlement Fund will equal 23% of Clearview’s shares of stock multiplied by the public offering price stated in the final prospectus should Clearview file for an initial public offering (“IPO).
- Should Clearview participate in other transactions, such as a merger or asset sale, the Settlement Fund will be a cash payment similar to what the Settlement Class would have received had Clearview owned 23% of its share immediately before the transaction.
- If the aforementioned events do not materialize before December 31, 2027, the Settlement Master may choose to mandate Clearview to make a cash payment equivalent to 17% of Clearview’s income from the date of Final Approval of this Settlement until the date of the Cash Demand.
Should you be a resident of Virginia, New York, or California, you will get five Net Settlement Fund shares. You will get one share of the Net Settlement Fund should you not have resided in Illinois, California, New York, or Virginia during the relevant period.
How to claim the Clearview AI Class Action Settlement?
To seek the Clearview AI class action compensation:
- You have to certify that Clearview AI obtained your biometric data without authorization.
- Either call the settlement administrator or visit the official settlement website https://clearviewclassaction.com/.
- Send in a claim form with your details. A claiming Class Member will be required on the Claim Form to provide the following details:
- Full name; current American postal address and email address;
- One or more images showing the face of a claimed Class Member was uploaded to a publicly viewable site on the internet (such as Facebook, Instagram, X, Flickr, Imgur, or Tumblr);
- a certificate proving the Class Member is older than eighteen; and
- A declaration confirming if, at least 183 consecutive days between the day your face photograph was submitted to a publicly available website and June 21, 2024, you, the Class Member, lived in the United States and/or Illinois, California, New York, or Virginia.
- Make sure your claim arrives before the assigned date for the settlement.
- The claim will be evaluated upon submission; and paid once approved by qualifying candidates.
Upon online claim filing, you will get an email with a confirmation number for your completed submission. If you have issues regarding your Claim Form, be sure to save your confirmation email and code and consult them.
Clearview AI Class Action Settlement Eligibility
Clearview will finance the Settlement finance, which will be used to pay any sums due to Class Members who file an allowed Claim as well as any incentive payment to the identified Plaintiffs and Fee Award to Class Counsel allowed by the Court.
Persons whose facial images and/or biometric data Clearview AI has in its biometric database and statewide subclasses for California, Illinois, New York, and Virginia. The Settlement does not decide who is right; it is a means to end the matter and save the uncertainty and costs related to further litigation and a trial.
If you do nothing and belong to one or more Settlement Classes, you will be in the Settlement Class and will be bound by any Court orders and decisions should the Court accept the Settlement.
You cannot begin a lawsuit or participate in any other litigation against the Defendants for the claims or legal concerns this Settlement is resolving unless you exempt yourself.
You are included if you live or have lived in the United States and have pictures of your face up on a publicly viewable website on the internet. Should you be a Class Member, you are eligible to file a claim for a portion of the Settlement Fund payout to the Class Members.