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South Korean Agencies Reportedly Shared Airport Travelers' Face Images with Companies to Train Immigration Facial Recognition System

Reporting in 2021 alleged that South Korea's Ministry of Justice shared roughly 170 million face images and related biometric data from Korean and foreign airport travelers with the Ministry of Science and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and private companies for an AI identification and tracking system used in immigration screening. The data was reportedly used for AI training and algorithm testing without travelers' consent.

Severity: HighAi Identification And Tracking SystemSurveillance TechnologyBiometric Algorithm Training DatasetsAirport Face Biometric DatabasesCompromise of privacy by obtaining

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