Deployers of emotion recognition or biometric categorisation must inform exposed persons

Practical action

Place a visible notice at the point of capture and confirm a lawful basis for the biometric processing before switch-on.

Who does it apply to?

Deployers of emotion recognition or biometric categorisation systems that are not prohibited under Article 5.

Actors

Deployer / user organisationPublic authority / government body

Sectors

Cross-sector / all sectorsHealthcare and life sciencesConsumer products and retail

Use cases

Biometrics and facial recognitionAI in healthcareCustomer service and chatbots

Applies from: 2 August 2026

Which controls meet this duty?

Satisfies: the control, operated properly, does the work the duty asks for. Supports: it contributes but the duty needs more. Each control page lists every other duty it serves, so work done once can be counted once.

• satisfiesProcessProduct owner · at launch and on material change
  AI interaction and use disclosure notices

  Serves 18 recorded duties · evidence: AI interaction or use notice, Notice catalogue, Notice wording approval

  Notice to persons exposed to the system.

• supportsProcessAI governance lead · once per ai system
  Prohibited and unacceptable-use screening gate

  Serves 7 recorded duties · evidence: Prohibited-use screening record, Screening list and escalation procedure

  Confirms the use is not banned by Article 5.

• supportsProcessData protection officer · once per ai system
  Privacy and data-protection controls for AI

  Serves 13 recorded duties · evidence: Data protection impact assessment for an AI system, AI data-flow and legal-basis record, Privacy notice section on AI use

  Lawful basis and safeguards for biometric data.

Templates that cover this duty

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• EU AI Act Role and Risk Classifier

  Checklist · XLSX · v4

• AI Agent Registry and Permission Matrix

  Register · XLSX and DOCX · v6

• EU AI Act Article 50 Transparency Kit

  Kit · DOCX and XLSX · v44

• ISO/IEC 42001 Gap Assessment and Statement of Applicability

  Assessment · XLSX · v3

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What evidence would a reviewer expect?

Framework mappings

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Cite this record

AIPolicyTracker (2026). “Deployers of emotion recognition or biometric categorisation must inform exposed persons (EU AI Act)” [AIPT-OBL-0040, verified 26 September 2026]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-OBL-0040 (accessed 8 November 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.

Permanent id AIPT-OBL-0040: it never changes or gets reused, and its address keeps working if this page moves.

Cite the official text alongside it: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence, Official Journal of the European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj.

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Similar obligations in other instruments

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• Disclose AI interaction and label synthetic content — EU AI Act, European Union
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• Providers of generative AI must mark synthetic output as artificially generated in a machine-readable way — EU AI Act, European Union
• Deployers must explain individual decisions taken with high-risk AI on request — EU AI Act, European Union
• Frontier developers must publish a transparency report before deploying a new frontier model — California SB 53, California (United States)
• Provide deployers with clear instructions for use — EU AI Act, European Union