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Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comBRUSSELS, April 23 (Reuters) - Facial recognition should be banned in Europe because of its “deep and non-democratic intrusion” into people’s private lives, EU privacy watchdog the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) said on Friday.The comments come two days after the European Commission that would allow facial recognition to be used to search for missing children or criminals and in cases of terrorist attacks. The draft rules, which need to be thrashed out with EU countries and the European Parliament, are an attempt by the Commission to set global rules for artificial intelligence, a technology dominated by China and the United States.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comThe privacy watchdog said it regretted that the Commission had not heeded its earlier call to ban facial recognition in public spaces."A stricter approach is necessary given that remote biometric identification, where AI may contribute to unprecedented developments, presents extremely high risks of deep and non-democratic intrusion into individuals' private lives," it said in a statement."The EDPS will focus in particular on setting precise boundaries for those tools and systems which may present risks for the fundamental rights to data protection and privacy."The Commission's proposals have drawn criticism from civil rights groups, concerned about loopholes that may allow authoritarian governments to abuse AI to clamp down on people's rights.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comOur Standards:

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comBRUSSELS, April 23 (Reuters) - Facial recognition should be banned in Europe because of its “deep and non-democratic intrusion” into people’s private lives, EU privacy watchdog the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) said on Friday.The comments come two days after the European Commission that would allow facial recognition to be used to search for missing children or criminals and in cases of terrorist attacks. The draft rules, which need to be thrashed out with EU countries and the European Parliament, are an attempt by the...

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