EDPB guidelines
Guidelines 05/2022 on the use of facial recognition technology in the area of law enforcement
- Reference
- EDPB 05/2022
- Issued by
- EDPB
- Status
- Final
- First published
- 16 May 2022
- Final version
- 17 May 2023
- Provisions
- Law Enforcement Directive
"First published" is the date the first version was published for consultation (start of the EDPB feedback period), or the publication date where there was no consultation; the plenary adoption is usually a day or a few days earlier.
Note (not the official text)
Mainly the Law Enforcement Directive (EU) 2016/680.
Checked against the official source on 28 October 2026.
Only the document as published by the EDPB is authoritative. This is reference material, not legal advice.