Defined in the law · AI Act Art. 3(35)
Biometric identification
In plain English
Automated recognition of human physical, physiological, behavioural or psychological features to establish a person's identity by comparing their biometric data with stored biometric data.
The definition in the law
‘biometric identification’ means the automated recognition of physical, physiological, behavioural, or psychological human features for the purpose of establishing the identity of a natural person by comparing biometric data of that individual to biometric data of individuals stored in a database
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