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Legal Implications of Facial Recognition in Public Surveillance

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The European Union's GDPR classifies facial recognition data as biometric data, granting it special protection and prohibiting its processing without explicit consent or a specific legal basis.

Why this is interesting

Imagine walking down a street and being identified by a camera connected to a database. Is that legal? The answer is not as simple as you might think.