When a U.S. software company scraped billions of public
photos and provided them to third parties, including law
enforcement, a Canadian Court answered – what does this mean
for Canadians' online privacy?
Overview
In looking back at noteworthy privacy decisions of 2025, in May
2025, the Court of King's Bench of Alberta
("ABKB") released a highly anticipated
decision, Clearview AI Inc. v. Alberta (Information and Privacy
Commissioner), 2025 ABKB 287.
The decision arises from a challenge brought forward by
Clearview AI Inc. ("Clearview") that
included a judicial review of an enforcement order issued by
Alberta's Information and Privacy Commissioner (the
"Commissioner"). The decision ultimately
resolves a clash between modern day privacy practices and
Alberta's privacy law and addresses the collection, use and
disclosure of personal information scraped from the Internet.
