2. Does it do any of these? Tick any that apply. These are banned (Article 5).
Manipulates people with subliminal or deceptive techniques, causing significant harmArticle 5(1)(a) Exploits people’s age, disability or social or economic situation, causing significant harmArticle 5(1)(b) Creates realistic intimate or sexual images, video or audio of a real person without their explicit consentArticle 5(1)(ba) · from 2 December 2026 Generates child sexual abuse materialArticle 5(1)(bb) · from 2 December 2026 Scores people on their social behaviour or personality, leading to unfair treatmentArticle 5(1)(c) Predicts that someone will commit a crime based only on profiling or personalityArticle 5(1)(d) Builds face recognition databases by scraping images from the internet or CCTVArticle 5(1)(e) Recognises emotions at work or in schools (other than for medical or safety reasons)Article 5(1)(f) Sorts people by biometric data to infer race, politics, union membership, religion or sex lifeArticle 5(1)(g) Identifies people in real time in public places for the police (narrow exceptions)Article 5(1)(h)
3. Where is it used? Tick any that apply. These are the high-risk areas.
As a safety part of a regulated product (machines, toys, lifts, medical devices, cars…)Article 6(1) and Annex I Biometrics: remote identification, categorisation or emotion recognitionAnnex III, point 1 Critical infrastructure: energy, water, traffic, digital infrastructureAnnex III, point 2 Education: admission, grading, monitoring testsAnnex III, point 3 Work: hiring, promotion, firing, task allocation, monitoring staffAnnex III, point 4 Essential services: public benefits, credit scores, life and health insurance, emergency callsAnnex III, point 5 Law enforcementAnnex III, point 6 Migration, asylum and border controlAnnex III, point 7 Courts and electionsAnnex III, point 8