Emotion recognition is listed in Annex III point 1(c) of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act, which Article 6(2) incorporates by reference, so an emotion recognition use that is not prohibited is classified as high-risk and carries the Chapter III obligations.

Checked 2026-09-04

Vendor
European Union
Product
Artificial Intelligence Act
Subsystem
AI data governance
Deployment
not-applicable
Region
european-union
Release range
in force as of 2026-09-04
Checked
2026-09-04

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 4). Contact centre AI data residency retention and training boundaries: source note ai-dr-eu-ai-act-emotion-recognition-is-high-risk. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/ai-dr-eu-ai-act-emotion-recognition-is-high-risk

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@misc{warmtransfer-claim-ai-dr-eu-ai-act-emotion-recognition-is-high-risk,
  title  = {Contact centre AI data residency retention and training boundaries: source note ai-dr-eu-ai-act-emotion-recognition-is-high-risk},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/ai-dr-eu-ai-act-emotion-recognition-is-high-risk},
  note   = {Source note ai-dr-eu-ai-act-emotion-recognition-is-high-risk, checked 2026-09-04}
}

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