# Prohibited AI practices 5(h) — AI Act — provision context

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Part of **Prohibited AI practices** (AI Act, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/ai-act/art-5).

## Provision text

### 5(h)

the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for the purposes of law enforcement, unless and in so far as such use is strictly necessary for one of the following objectives:


## Topics on this provision

- **Biometric Data** — https://overview.legal/topics/biometric-data
  Processing of biometric data for identification
- **Unacceptable Risk AI Systems** — https://overview.legal/topics/unacceptable-risk-ai
  The content specifically addresses unacceptable-risk AI systems as a distinct category of prohibited practices, warranting a dedicated topic for this specific c
- **Identification** — https://overview.legal/topics/identificatie
  Methods and processes for identifying individuals
- **Supervision** — https://overview.legal/topics/toezicht
  Oversight and enforcement by supervisory authorities

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Statement 3/2024 on data protection authorities’ role in the Artificial Intelligence Act framework** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125732
- **Statement 3/2024 on data protection authorities’ role in the Artificial Intelligence Act framework** §3 (guidance, EDPB) — https://overview.legal/posts/125732
- **Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools by Law Enforcement Services in Light of the Artificial Intelligence Act** (literature) — https://overview.legal/posts/132565

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