The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada found the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's use of Clearview AI services violated the Privacy Act. The RCMP matched photographs against individuals in a database provided by Clearview, which OPC determined violated Canadian privacy laws last year. “The use of (facial recognition technology) by the RCMP to search through massive repositories of Canadians who are innocent of any suspicion of crime presents a serious violation of privacy,” said Privacy Commissioner of Canada Daniel Therrien.