> Assuming that the 'biometric representation' is discarded by the system after guessing the age and gender. It wasn't, it was stored in a third party database

> Assuming that the 'biometric representation' is discarded by the system after guessing the age and gender. It wasn't, it was stored in a third party database. > Genuine question - if mall had deployed people whose job was to look at people to guess their gender, age and then jot it down in a notebook, then would it have been a problem? I don't think these notes would ever come close to "a biometric representation of their face" which can tell you with certainty someone was there or not (when, what time, who they were with).