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Prohibited Practice//RULE-EU-002//European Union

Article 5(1)(e): Prohibited Untargeted Facial Image Scraping

// Statutory ReferenceEU AI Act Article 5(1)(e) (Recitals 30, 31 & Annex III)
// Enforcement SeverityBLOCKER
// Mitigation ActionBLOCK_FACIAL_SCRAPING

Article 5(1)(e): Prohibited Untargeted Facial Image Scraping

Statutory Framework: EU AI Act Article 5(1)(e) (Recitals 30, 31 & Annex III)
Rule ID: RULE-EU-002 | Severity: PROGRAMMATIC BLOCKER
Mitigation Action: BLOCK_FACIAL_SCRAPING


1. Statutory Mandate & Legal Boundary

"Blocks unauthorized compilation of facial recognition databases via un-targeted web scraping or CCTV footage extraction."


2. Technical Invariant & AST Engine Matcher

[POLICIES.RULE-EU-002]
rule_id = "RULE-EU-002"
statute = "EU AI Act Article 5(1)(e) (Recitals 30, 31 & Annex III)"
severity = "BLOCKER"
action = "BLOCK_FACIAL_SCRAPING"

[ENFORCEMENT]
fail_closed = true
audit_trail = "Ed25519_DAC"
latency_max_us = 800

3. Production Python / Rust Integration

from anchor import AnchorGuard

@AnchorGuard.guard(policy="RULE-EU-002")
def process_machine_payload(payload: dict):
    # Evaluated in <0.8ms against RULE-EU-002 AST query bounds
    return compliance_engine.enforce(payload)