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+## Governance & Responsible Use
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+The **FaceScanPaliGemma** model processes highly sensitive biometric data (facial attributes). Deployment of this model must follow **strict governance frameworks** to ensure responsible and ethical use.  
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+### ✅ Permitted Uses
+- Academic research, benchmarking, and reproducibility studies.  
+- Educational projects exploring bias, fairness, and multimodal AI.  
+- Development of fairness-aware systems with proper safeguards.  
+
+### ❌ Prohibited Uses
+- **Surveillance or mass monitoring** of individuals or groups.  
+- **Identity verification or authentication** without explicit and informed consent.  
+- **Applications that discriminate against or marginalize** individuals or communities.  
+- Use on **scraped datasets or facial images** collected without consent.  
+
+### ⚠️ Law Enforcement Use
+- Direct use in **law enforcement contexts is not recommended** due to high societal risks.  
+- Risks include **bias amplification**, **wrongful identification**, and **privacy violations**.  
+- If ever considered, deployment must be:  
+  - Governed by **strict legal frameworks** (e.g., EU AI Act, GDPR, CCPA).  
+  - Subject to **independent auditing, transparency, and accountability**.  
+  - Limited to **proportional, necessary, and rights-respecting use cases**.  
+
+### Governance Principles
+1. **Access & Control** – Limit deployment to contexts with clear oversight and accountability.  
+2. **Transparency** – Always disclose when and how the model is used.  
+3. **Bias & Fairness Auditing** – Evaluate performance across demographic groups before deployment.  
+4. **Privacy Protection** – Respect GDPR, CCPA, and local regulations; never process data without consent.  
+5. **Accountability** – Establish internal review boards or ethics committees for production use.  
+
+### Community Reporting
+We encourage the community to report issues, biases, or misuse of this model through the **Hugging Face Hub discussion forum**.