Defined in the law · AI Act Art. 3(36)
Biometric verification
In plain English
Automated one-to-one check, including authentication, that a person is who they claim to be, by comparing their biometric data with biometric data they provided before.
The definition in the law
‘biometric verification’ means the automated, one-to-one verification, including authentication, of the identity of natural persons by comparing their biometric data to previously provided biometric data
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