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Chapter I — GENERAL PROVISIONS

Chapter II — PROHIBITED AI PRACTICES

Chapter III — HIGH-RISK AI SYSTEMS

Chapter IV — TRANSPARENCY OBLIGATIONS FOR PROVIDERS AND DEPLOYERS OF CERTAIN AI SYSTEMS

Chapter VIII — EU DATABASE FOR HIGH-RISK AI SYSTEMS

Chapter IX — POST-MARKET MONITORING, INFORMATION SHARING AND MARKET SURVEILLANCE

Chapter XI — DELEGATION OF POWER AND COMMITTEE PROCEDURE

Annexes

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Artificial Intelligence Act·Recital 43

Recital (43)

Recitals 43 / 180

The placing on the market, the putting into service for that specific purpose, or the use of AI systems that create or expand facial recognition databases through the untargeted scraping of facial images from the internet or CCTV footage, should be prohibited because that practice adds to the feeling of mass surveillance and can lead to gross violations of fundamental rights, including the right to privacy.