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I can walk up to you in a public space and take your photo and you cant do shit about it as long as i don't use it in specific ways. Its public data.
Public data does not mean the data can be used in any manner. It means its available to anyone in the public space.
There are literal court cases about this. Finally the government isnt a private entity, so none of your cases/law examples apply to this situation.
Look up any case about someone being pissed their photo was used for a news piece or journalism or artwork.
If you walk into a public space and that public space has cameras with facial recognition software, congratulations! Your face can and will be scanned!
And nothing about that act violates the laws you referenced for the government or any other protected use, such as say journalism.
What are you arguing about, did the law confuse you? It's pretty clear.
Clearly its not since you dont understand it. The law doesn't prevent you from being filmed or it being stored. If it did security cameras wouldn't exist for example. Nor does it apply to governmental agencies.
Feel free to enter any private business with security cameras and you'll discover they have a wonderful sign on the door informing you of this fact