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Many dissemination events …

E.J. Kindt

11 May 2026

Abdullah Elbi is very busy disseminating knowledge on biometric data processing and AI. On 24 April 2026 he made a presentation entitled “Zoom Out: Lessons from EU Research Projects on Biometric Technologies from the Border Security Domain” at the final event of the KU Leuven AI & Human Rights Clinic in Brussels, Belgium.

Abdullah also co-organised and spoke at a Data Week 2026 panel on 6 May 2026 in Oslo, Norway. His presentation: “Oversee me when you should, if you can? Accountability and Agentic AI Governance in the EU.”

BLL members are partners in the new European project DEFORM

DEFORM (Deepfake detection and Explainability using Foundation Representation Models) develops explainable AI methods for detecting multimodal deepfakes (image, video and audio), designed to support expert judgement in forensic, judicial, and policy contexts. DEFORM will develop multimodal manipulation detection and provide modular and multi-level explainability mechanisms for deepfake detection, supporting

Two expert reports for the EU Commission on AI prohibited practices (Art. 5 AIA), including remote biometric identification

The EU Publications Office published the reports made by Catherine Jasserand and by Els J. Kindt for the EU Commission on selected Art. 5 AI Act prohibitions and conditions, including on remote biometric identification. They served as input to the Commission’s Guidelines on Art. 5 AI Act: * E. J.

Another biometric project funded by VLAIO

Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship (VLAIO) funded a new project SCAMPER to develop advanced privacy-preserving methods to protect biometric and other sensitive data. These methods will rely on inherent multi-factor authentication and multiple verification steps for strong biometric authentication. The project combines partners from industry and academia. Bilgesu Sumer

About/against biometric identifiability: another EDPL article

Part I of a journal article on biometric identifiability by BLL member César Augusto Fontanillo Lopez was published in the 4/2025 issue of the European Data Protection Law Review just received. Part II will come in the next issue. Reading recommended !

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BLL members are partners in the new European project DEFORM

Two expert reports for the EU Commission on AI prohibited practices (Art. 5 AIA), including remote biometric identification

Another biometric project funded by VLAIO

About/against biometric identifiability: another EDPL article