Two-days workshop on Biometric Protected Templates by the EAB and new Handbook on BPT

E.J. Kindt

15 Oct 2026

The European Association for Biometrics holds a two-days workshop on October 14 and 15 with various presentations on Biometric Protected Templates. BLL member Els J. Kindt addressed the question if there is a ‘Legal Obligation to Protect Biometric Information’. The presentation slides can be found in our repository.

She also wrote with Catherine Jasserand for the book Handbook of Biometric Template Protection- Motivation, Methods and Metrics, edited by V. Krivokuca Hahn, M. Gomez-Barrero, A. Ross and S. Marcel (Springer Nature, Singapore, 2026) : ‘Chapter 3 : A legal obligation to protect biometric information. a brief analysis' (pp. 45-75 ).

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.

Many dissemination events …

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

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

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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

Many dissemination events …

Another biometric project funded by VLAIO