AI Incident Database - Incident 441
Source evidence cited by public records. This page shows where the source is used, its trust tier, and when it was last checked in the seed.
Records using this source
- privacy
entity | 4 July 2026 | 70%
privacy - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- biometric-data-subjects
entity | 18 June 2026 | 70%
biometric-data-subjects - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- facial-recognition-system-developers
entity | 18 June 2026 | 70%
facial-recognition-system-developers - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- government-of-south-korea
entity | 18 Mar 2026 | 70%
government-of-south-korea - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- surveillance-technology-developers
entity | 28 Feb 2026 | 70%
surveillance-technology-developers - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- foreign-nationals-traveling-through-south-korean-airports
entity | 6 Jan 2023 | 70%
foreign-nationals-traveling-through-south-korean-airports - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- korean-citizens-whose-airport-facial-images-were-used
entity | 6 Jan 2023 | 70%
korean-citizens-whose-airport-facial-images-were-used - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- korean-ministry-of-justice
entity | 6 Jan 2023 | 70%
korean-ministry-of-justice - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- korean-ministry-of-science-and-information-and-communication-technology
entity | 6 Jan 2023 | 70%
korean-ministry-of-science-and-information-and-communication-technology - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- national-it-industry-promotion-agency
entity | 6 Jan 2023 | 70%
national-it-industry-promotion-agency - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- travelers-in-korean-airports
entity | 6 Jan 2023 | 70%
travelers-in-korean-airports - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- South Korean Agencies Reportedly Shared Airport Travelers' Face Images with Companies to Train Immigration Facial Recognition System
event | 6 Jan 2023 | 82%
Reporting in 2021 alleged that South Korea's Ministry of Justice shared roughly 170 million face images and related biometric data from Korean and foreign airport travelers with the Ministry of Science and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and private companies for an AI identification and tracking system used in immigration screening. The data was reportedly used for AI training and algorithm testing without travelers' consent.