Overview

• Justice Colin Feasby determined that Alberta's privacy law inadequately addresses internet-specific privacy concerns and contains overly broad consent exceptions.
• The court upheld a multi-jurisdictional ban requiring Clearview AI to cease collecting and delete images of Albertans, rejecting the company's claims of compliance challenges.
• Clearview AI, which scrapes images from social media for a facial recognition database, has not operated in Alberta since 2020 following privacy commissioners' orders.
• Feasby recommended narrowing the 'publicly available' information exception in the law, proposing the replacement of ambiguous phrasing with a clearer definition.
• Technology Minister Nate Glubish announced plans to modernize Alberta's privacy legislation over the summer, aiming to strengthen protections in response to the ruling.