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Airport immigration facial recognition system

Incidents implicated systems

Incident 4415 Report
South Korean Agencies Reportedly Shared Airport Travelers' Face Images with Companies to Train Immigration Facial Recognition System

2019-06-01

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.

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Government of South Korea

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 441
    5 Reports

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

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South Korean Ministry of Justice

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 441
    5 Reports

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

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South Korean Ministry of Science and ICT

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 441
    5 Reports

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

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National IT Industry Promotion Agency

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 441
    5 Reports

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

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Facial recognition technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 441
    5 Reports

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

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Surveillance technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 441
    5 Reports

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

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Foreign nationals traveling through South Korean airports

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 441
    5 Reports

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

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Korean citizens whose airport facial images were used

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 441
    5 Reports

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

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Biometric data subjects

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 441
    5 Reports

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

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Privacy

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 441
    5 Reports

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

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Airport travelers in South Korea

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 441
    5 Reports

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

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AI identification and tracking system

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 441
    5 Reports

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

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Facial recognition technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 441
    5 Reports

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

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Surveillance technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 441
    5 Reports

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

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Biometric algorithm training datasets

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 441
    5 Reports

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

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Airport face biometric databases

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 441
    5 Reports

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

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