Scottish police invite public feedback on law enforcement use of biometric tech
Scotland’s police authorities are inviting the public to share their views on an upcoming strategy for the use of biometrics…
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Scottish police taking less children’s biometrics, Code working, Commissioner says
Police in Scotland are collecting biometrics from arrested children less frequently, and the country’s Code of Practice for biometrics collection,…
Scottish police confirm live facial recognition plans
Police in Scotland have confirmed their decision to use live facial recognition (LFR), nearly 10 years after the technology was…
Poor quality images hold Scottish police facial recognition matches to 2%
Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Dr. Brian Plastow warns that a significant number of the custody images held in national police databases…
Sharp rise in facial recognition use by Scottish police, UK protest footage scanned
The police in Scotland have tripled the use of retrospective facial recognition over the last five years jumping from just…
Scottish police reprimanded for illegally storing biometrics
The Scottish Police Authority (SPA)’s Policing Performance Committee met in June to discuss assurance reviews from the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner,…
Independent organization to investigate Scottish police’s use of biometric data
A new independent group will begin investigating the Scottish police’s use of acquiring and storing of citizens’ biometric data, including…
Scottish police to undergo investigation over facial recognition use
Watchdogs will analyze around 500 cases when Police Scotland used facial recognition technology in an effort to identify images of…
Scottish Police admit to using facial recognition software, maintaining image database
Police Scotland has admitted to using face recognition technology to identify individuals captured on CCTV cameras and from other sources,…
Scottish Biometrics Commissioner lays out blueprint for regulating police use of biometrics
The Scottish Biometrics Commissioner is proposing its own blueprint and legal framework for the use of biometric data in law…
