Surveillance & Biometrics · Consumer facial-search engine · Regulatory action + Private litigation

PimEyes

PimEyes lets anyone who pays upload a face and find where that face appears online, which makes it a ready tool for stalking.

Not independently verified. Verification status: Unverified - heuristic first draft. Publish state: draft unverified.

PimEyes lets anyone who pays upload a face and find where that face appears online, which makes it a ready tool for stalking. It is run from Dubai, out of practical reach of European regulators. A Hamburg complaint took over five years and produced only an 'information letter', so noyb is now suing that regulator. To opt out, a person must send PimEyes a photo of themselves plus an ID scan.

Severity
Evidence tierUnassigned
Claims confirmed
Last verified2026-10-16

Primary source. noyb.eu/node/1627 — Unverified - heuristic first draft.

Freshness. Last verified 23 days ago (2026-10-16); stale after 180 days.

Terms

Arbitration

Not verified this pass (terms/regulations page fetch failed).

Data sharing

Privacy policy: search results are kept 30 days. Opt-out data is removed within 96 hours, but takedown forms are kept 'forever'. Opting out requires a photo of yourself, an anonymized ID scan, an email address and a phone number. The policy says PimEyes does not sell personal data under the CCPA, but its general statement only rules out sale 'for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent.' It also allows sharing with affiliates, partners and service providers.

Who holds your data. Data chain: PimEyes, then EMEA Robotics LTD (Dubai, UAE), per the privacy policy contact block. Wikipedia names Giorgi Gobronidze as owner/CEO. (parent).

Fees and billing

Paid subscription service; terms page could not be fetched this pass. Pricing, auto-renewal and refund terms not verified.

Contacts

Privacy contact. dpo@pimeyes.com (decoded from obfuscated link; verify); office@pimeyes.com; https://pimeyes.com/en/contact-form

Legal notice. EMEA Robotics LTD, Suite No. 1906, City Tower 2, Sheikh Zayed Road, 94895 Dubai, UAE (privacy policy contact block)

Mailing address. Not recorded.

Paper trail: email. Email only.

Evidence

No claims have been itemized for this row yet.

Sources

Source	Claim	Tier	Status	Quote
advocacy group · 2026-04-30 noyb.eu/node/1627	whole row	Unassigned	confirmed	“No action taken against PimEyes: noyb lawsuit against Hamburg DPA” Quote basis: not recorded.
encyclopedia (lead only) · 2026-10-16 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PimEyes	whole row	Unassigned	confirmed	“In December 2022, Germany's privacy watchdog opened proceedings against PimEyes.” Quote basis: not recorded.
company policy · 2026-10-16 pimeyes.com/en/privacy-policy	whole row	Unassigned	confirmed	“We do not sell or rent personal data to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent.” Quote basis: not recorded.

Source vault

Link status: Candidate - not yet fetched

Document	Last fetch	PDF
Privacy policy https://pimeyes.com/en/privacy-policy	Not fetched yet	NOT CONFIRMED
Terms of service https://pimeyes.com/en/regulations	Not fetched yet	NOT CONFIRMED
Website https://pimeyes.com	Not fetched yet	—
Primary source https://noyb.eu/node/1627 Verification: Unverified - heuristic first draft	Not fetched yet	—

Enforcement

No enforcement actions are linked to this row.

State statute

No HQ state on file, so no state statute applies by headquarters.