GDPRRegulation (EU) 2016/679
Definition: biometric data: biometric data
GDPR Art. 4 (biometric data)
personal data resulting from specific technical processing relating to the physical, physiological or behavioural characteristics of a natural person, which allow or confirm the unique identification of that natural person, such as facial images or dactyloscopic data
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