Unconsented Use of Facial Recognition Data in Korea's Immigration Screening System: A Case Study for Safe and Secure AI
June 1, 2019
This AI incident highlights the importance of responsible AI governance. The Korean government developed an immigration screening system using real-time facial recognition, supplied by the Ministry of Justice without travelers' consent. Such incidents underscore the need for trustworthy AI and its guardrails, as exemplified by the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help shape responsible AI? JOIN US
- Alleged deployer
- korean-ministry-of-justice, korean-ministry-of-science-and-information-and-communication-technology
- Alleged developer
- unnamed-korean-companies
- Alleged harmed parties
- travelers-in-korean-airports
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/441
Data source
Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).
When citing the database as a whole, please use:
McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.
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