Facial Emotion Recognition (FER) is the technology that analyses facial expressions from both static images and videos in order to reveal information on one’s emotional state. The complexity of facial expressions, the potential use of the technology in any context, and the involvement of new technologies such as artificial intelligence raise significant privacy risks.
Stellungnahme des EDSB zur Nutzung eines computergestützten Systems durch das Europäische Parlament für die Digitalisierung der Plenartagungen und der zentralen Anwesenheitslisten mittels biometrischer Technologie (Verbundene Fälle 2020-0921 und 2021-0355)
Global Privacy Assembly Closed Session 2020 - At your desk
When: 13-15 October 2020
Where: Online session
The newly renamed Global Privacy Assembly (formerly known as International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners - ICDPPC) took place this year 2020 during the period from October the 13th to October the 15th. This year's event wasn't immune to the COVID-19 pandemic currently occurring. Consequently the place of the event, which initially was planned to be held in Mexico City, had to be changed to a virtual setting, making it the first time that such an occasion was organized online.
Following you can find the resolutions adopted during this year's GPA:
Keynote speech by Wojciech Wiewiórowski delivered at the Biometrics Annual Congress (via videolink), Brussels, Belgium
Formelle Bemerkungen des EDSB zum Entwurf des Durchführungsbeschlusses der Kommission über:
1. die Mindestqualitätsstandards und technischen Spezifikationen für biometrische Daten im Schengener Informationssystem (SIS) im Bereich der Grenzkontrollen und Rückkehr
2. die Mindestqualitätsstandards und technischen Spezifikationen für biometrische Daten im Schengener Informationssystem (SIS) im Bereich der polizeilichen Zusammenarbeit und der justiziellen Zusammenarbeit in Strafsachen