What does "Remote biometric identification system" mean under the EU AI Act?
An AI system for the purpose of identifying natural persons, without their active involvement, typically at a distance, through the comparison of a person’s biometric data with the biometric data contained in a reference database
Last updated: 22 August 2026.
The EU AI Act is Regulation (EU) 2024/1689. On 2 August 2026 its transparency rules and enforcement machinery took effect, but the high-risk regime for credit scoring and life and health insurance pricing did not: Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 moved it to 2 December 2027. Prohibitions have applied since February 2025.
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