Paula's experiment has already had an impact. In response to this investigation and the article in the NRC, the owner of WebCam.NL says that he has taken many of his live streaming cameras offline. He has also adjusted the zoom level of the camera on Dam Square, which would make the use of face recognition more difficult. These are already some steps in the right direction!

Unfortunately, we also became aware that WebCam.NL has known since at least 2012 that live streaming of recognizable people is subject to privacy legislation. Even if you do not store the images. Quickly "complying" by making some adjustments in response to negative media attention, seems to be this company's modus operandi. And WebCam.NL apparently also has no issue with shamelessly weaponizing copyright. We look forward to WebCam.NL's request to remove the screenshot from our site that we took using WebCam.NL’s camera feed.