China's recent regulations on facial recognition, enacted by the Cyberspace Administration and Ministry of Public Security, require organizations to conduct thorough assessments to ensure the technology's necessity and its privacy impacts. Consent from individuals is mandatory for usage, and biometric data must be encrypted to safeguard against leaks. Key public spaces are exempt from facial recognition technologies to protect privacy. Notably, these regulations do not seem to extend to government entities or researchers utilizing images for AI training, which raises concerns about potential oversight and misuse of personal data.
Organizations must conduct a 'personal information protection impact assessment' before using facial recognition, ensuring consent and protecting individuals' privacy and biometric data.
The new regulations ban the use of facial recognition in specific public spaces, reinforcing individual privacy while enabling organizations to utilize technology responsibly.
However, the rules do not apply to researchers, suggesting that images of citizens might still be used for training AI models without consent.
The guidelines appear to leave room for government use of facial recognition technology, possibly undermining the intended privacy protections established by the new regulations.
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