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"You have informed any living individuals in Your Content that Ancestry may create a temporary abstract numerical representation of images to group similar faces within your private gallery, which may be considered biometric processing in certain jurisdictions.Excerpt from Ancestry's Terms and Conditions
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The clause states: “You have informed any living individuals in Your Content that Ancestry may create a temporary abstract numerical representation of images to group similar faces within your private gallery, which may be considered biometric processing in certain jurisdictions.”
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