Progress

Current status
adopted
26 Apr 2023 adopted
27 Jun 2022 processing consultation
16 May 2022 in consultation

Scope

Implementers
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority
Implementation Level
supranational

Timeline of events

26 Apr 2023
adopted

Adopted Guidelines 05/2022 on the use of facial recognition technology in the area of law enforcement

On 26 April 2023, European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted the Guidelines 05/2022 on the use of facial recognition technology in the area of law enforcement. In the Guidelines, the EDPB analyses the use of facial recognition technology (FRT) by…

Source
Event type outline
Action type adoption
Government branch executive
Government body data protection authority
27 Jun 2022
processing consultation

Closed consultation on EDPB Guidelines 05/2022 regarding privacy protection in the use of facial recognition

On 27 June 2022, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) closed the public consultation on the Guidelines 05/2022 on the use of facial recognition technology in the area of law enforcement that it had opened on 16 May 2022. The EDPB points out tha…

Source
Event type outline
Action type consultation closed
Government branch executive
Government body data protection authority
16 May 2022
in consultation

Opened consultation on EDPB Guidelines 05/2022 regarding privacy protection in the use of facial recognition

On 16 May 2022, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) opened a public consultation on the Guidelines 05/2022 on the use of facial recognition technology in the area of law enforcement until 27 June 2022. The EDPB points out that the use of facia…

Source
Event type outline
Action type consultation opened
Government branch executive
Government body data protection authority