{
  "id": "action:de:blnbdi:2024-face-recognition-warning",
  "slug": "blnbdi-fernidentifizierung-hinweis-2024",
  "caseId": "case:de:blnbdi-face-recognition",
  "authorityId": "authority:de:blnbdi",
  "subjectId": "subject:berlin-prosecution",
  "jurisdiction": "DE",
  "regionGroup": "DE",
  "actionType": "official_warning",
  "proceduralStatus": "published",
  "actionDate": null,
  "actionYear": 2024,
  "publicationDate": "2025-05-26",
  "effectiveDate": null,
  "amount": null,
  "legalBasis": [
    "GDPR",
    "German data-protection law"
  ],
  "title": {
    "de": "Hinweis gegen künftige biometrische Fernidentifizierung",
    "en": "Warning against future remote biometric identification"
  },
  "summary": {
    "de": "Der Berliner Tätigkeitsbericht beschreibt den Hinweis der Aufsicht, dass künftige Ersuchen um biometrische Fernidentifizierung aus ihrer Sicht gegen Datenschutzrecht verstoßen würden. Das ist weder ein Bußgeld noch eine gerichtliche Feststellung.",
    "en": "Berlin's activity report describes the authority's warning that future requests for remote biometric identification would, in its view, breach data-protection law. It is neither a fine nor a court finding."
  },
  "technologyEvidence": {
    "evidenceId": "evidence:de:blnbdi-report-2024",
    "language": "de",
    "locator": "Jahresbericht 2024, biometrische Fernidentifizierung",
    "excerpt": "biometrische Fernidentifizierung"
  },
  "evidenceIds": [
    "evidence:de:blnbdi-report-2024",
    "evidence:de:blnbdi-report-release-2025"
  ],
  "authority": {
    "id": "authority:de:blnbdi",
    "slug": "berlin-blnbdi",
    "jurisdiction": "DE",
    "name": {
      "de": "Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit",
      "en": "Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information"
    },
    "shortName": "BlnBDI",
    "role": {
      "de": "Datenschutzaufsicht des Landes Berlin.",
      "en": "Data-protection authority for the State of Berlin."
    }
  },
  "subject": {
    "id": "subject:berlin-prosecution",
    "name": {
      "de": "Berliner Strafverfolgungsbehörden",
      "en": "Berlin prosecution authorities"
    },
    "system": {
      "de": "Biometrische Fernidentifizierung",
      "en": "Remote biometric identification"
    }
  },
  "case": {
    "id": "case:de:blnbdi-face-recognition",
    "slug": "blnbdi-biometrische-fernidentifizierung",
    "authorityIds": [
      "authority:de:blnbdi"
    ],
    "subjectIds": [
      "subject:berlin-prosecution"
    ],
    "title": {
      "de": "Biometrische Fernidentifizierung in Berlin",
      "en": "Remote biometric identification in Berlin"
    }
  },
  "events": [],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "id": "evidence:de:blnbdi-report-2024",
      "authorityId": "authority:de:blnbdi",
      "officialIdentifier": "BlnBDI-Jahresbericht-2024",
      "title": {
        "de": "Jahresbericht 2024",
        "en": "Annual report 2024"
      },
      "publishedAt": "2025-05-26",
      "language": "de",
      "kind": "activity-report",
      "url": "https://www.datenschutz-berlin.de/jahresbericht-2024"
    },
    {
      "id": "evidence:de:blnbdi-report-release-2025",
      "authorityId": "authority:de:blnbdi",
      "officialIdentifier": "BlnBDI-PM-2025-05-26",
      "title": {
        "de": "Berliner Datenschutzbeauftragte stellt Jahresbericht 2024 vor",
        "en": "Berlin data-protection authority presents 2024 annual report"
      },
      "publishedAt": "2025-05-26",
      "language": "de",
      "kind": "press-release",
      "url": "https://www.datenschutz-berlin.de/pressemitteilung/berliner-datenschutzbeauftragte-stellt-jahresbericht-2024-vor/"
    }
  ],
  "dateModified": "2025-05-26"
}