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Article 5(1)(g) AI Act prohibits o nly biometric categorisation systems which have as their objective to deduce or infer a limited number of sensitive characteristics: race, political opinions, trade union membership, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex-life or sexual orientation. For example, systems prohibited under Article 5(1)(g) AI Act include:
- a biometric categorisation system that claims to be capable ofdeducing an individual’s race from their voice (This is different from a system that categorises persons according to skin or eye colour, or a system that analyses the DNA of victims of crimes in view of their origin. Those systems would not be prohibited).
- a biometric categorisation system that claims to be capable of deducing an individual’s religious orientation from their tattoos or faces.