Biometric categorisation systems that are based on natural persons’ biometric data, such as an individual person’s face or fingerprint, to deduce or infer an individuals’ political opinions, trade union membership, religious or philosophical beliefs, race, sex life or sexual orientation should be prohibited. That prohibition should not cover the lawful labelling, filtering or categorisation of biometric data sets acquired in line with Union or national law according to biometric data, such as the sorting of images according to hair colour or eye colour, which can for example be used in the area of law enforcement.
AI Act Recital EN
Recital 30
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Guidance Guidelines 05/2022 on the use of facial recognition technology in the area of law enforcement Guidance Guidelines 02/2021 on virtual voice assistants Guidance Guidelines 03/2022 on Deceptive design patterns in social media platform interfaces: how to recognise and avoid them Case Law Meta Platforms v noyb Case Law GC and Others v CNIL Guidance Guidelines 3/2019 on processing of personal data through video devices