Defined in the law · AI Act Art. 3(40)
Biometric categorisation system
In plain English
An AI system that sorts people into specific categories based on their biometric data, unless this is a minor part of another commercial service and strictly necessary for objective technical reasons.
The definition in the law
‘biometric categorisation system’ means an AI system for the purpose of assigning natural persons to specific categories on the basis of their biometric data, unless it is ancillary to another commercial service and strictly necessary for objective technical reasons
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