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EU AI Act Prohibited Practices: Screening Your Systems Against the Article 5 Bans

Why Some AI Uses Are Banned Outright in the EU

Quiz: Why Some AI Uses Are Banned Outright in the EU

Subliminal, Manipulative and Deceptive Techniques Under Article 5

Quiz: Subliminal, Manipulative and Deceptive Techniques Under Article 5

Exploiting Vulnerability: Age, Disability and Social or Economic Situation

Quiz: Exploiting Vulnerability: Age, Disability and Social or Economic Situation

Social Scoring by Public and Private Bodies

Quiz: Social Scoring by Public and Private Bodies

Predicting Criminal Offending From Personality Traits

Quiz: Predicting Criminal Offending From Personality Traits

Untargeted Scraping for Facial Recognition Databases

Quiz: Untargeted Scraping for Facial Recognition Databases

Emotion Inference in Workplaces and Educational Settings

Quiz: Emotion Inference in Workplaces and Educational Settings

Biometric Categorisation That Infers Protected Characteristics

Quiz: Biometric Categorisation That Infers Protected Characteristics

Real Time Remote Biometric Identification and Its Narrow Exceptions

Quiz: Real Time Remote Biometric Identification and Its Narrow Exceptions

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Quiz: Untargeted Scraping for Facial Recognition Databases

EU AI Act Prohibited Practices: Screening Your Systems Against the Article 5 Bans
Untargeted Scraping for Facial Recognition Databases
Quiz: Untargeted Scraping for Facial Recognition Databases

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Question 1 of 5

1. Question

Under Article 5, what is prohibited regarding facial recognition databases?

All use of facial recognition
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Untargeted scraping of images to build facial recognition databases without consent
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Facial recognition that is accurate over 95 percent
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Any facial recognition used in public spaces
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Why does the EU prohibit untargeted scraping for facial recognition?

Because facial recognition does not work
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Because it is expensive
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Because it violates consent and enables mass surveillance without the knowledge or permission of those being tracked
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Because it is only used by criminals
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Question 3 of 5

3. Question

Can an organisation use a facial recognition database that was built through untargeted scraping?

Yes, if they did not conduct the scraping themselves
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Yes, if they pay for access to it
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No, using a database built through untargeted scraping is prohibited even if the organisation did not build it
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Yes, if the purpose is research only
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Question 4 of 5

4. Question

What is the key requirement to verify before deploying a facial recognition system?

Ensure it is at least 90 percent accurate
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Verify that training data was not collected through untargeted scraping and that consent or legal authority exists
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Verify that the system is made by a large company
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Ensure that it has been tested on diverse populations
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Question 5 of 5

5. Question

Is there an exception to the prohibition on untargeted scraping for facial recognition?

Yes, for academic research
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Yes, for law enforcement conducting targeted operations with legal authority
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No exception; the prohibition is absolute for all purposes
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Yes, for commercial companies with privacy policies
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