South Korean Agencies Reportedly Shared Airport Travelers' Face Images with Companies to Train Immigration Facial Recognition System
Date: 2019-06-01
Affected: Facial Recognition System Developers, Government Of South Korea, Korean Ministry Of Justice, Korean Ministry Of Science And Information And Communication Technology, National It Industry Promotion Agency, Surveillance Technology Developers
Attack vector: privacy-violation
Category: real-world
Severity: Medium

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #441: South Korean Agencies Reportedly Shared Airport Travelers' Face Images with Companies to Train Immigration Facial Recognition System. Alleged deployer/developer: Facial Recognition System Developers, Government Of South Korea, Korean Ministry Of Justice, Korean Ministry Of Science And Information And Communication Technology, National It Industry Promotion Agency, Surveillance Technology Developers. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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