Processes biometric data, in Ireland

Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Art. 9; Data Protection Act 2018 §46 · Read the law's page

• Where you process special category data, including biometric data, about an employee in Ireland on the ground that employment or social welfare law gives you or the employee a right or obligation, take suitable and specific measures to safeguard the employee's fundamental rights and freedoms, under Data Protection Act 2018 Section 46.
• Treat any biometric identifier your system derives through its own technical processing as GDPR Article 9 special category data, whether or not the source photo or audio was publicly available.

Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Act 2026 (No. 31 of 2026) · Read the law's page

• Comply with information requests, contravention notices and prohibition notices issued by an authorised officer of a relevant market surveillance authority in respect of an AI system you provide or deploy (Part 5).
• Do not knowingly give false or misleading information to an adjudicator, or disclose confidential material relevant to an adjudicator's finding without authorisation (ss. 95, 104).

Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Arts. 5, 50 — directly applicable in Ireland as EU Member State

• Do not place on the market, put into service, or use an AI system for social scoring.
• Do not use real-time remote biometric identification in publicly accessible spaces for law enforcement purposes.when it serves a public body
• Do not place on the market, put into service, or use an AI system that exploits individuals' vulnerabilities.
• Tell users they are interacting with an AI system before the interaction begins.
• Mark generative AI outputs in machine-readable form as artificially generated.