Search Results for: UK live facial recognition

Guidance on police use of live facial recognition in the works: UK minister

Sep 30, 2025, 4:23 pm EDT

The UK government is moving ahead with plans to greenlight the use of live facial recognition technology (FRT) by police…

Sep 1, 2025, 2:31 pm EDT

The UK’s human rights regulator has received permission to intervene in an upcoming judicial review examining whether the London Metropolitan…

Aug 25, 2025, 1:17 pm EDT

Police in London have made 140 arrests during the Notting Hill Carnival over the weekend, with 13 individuals apprehended after…

Aug 18, 2025, 10:28 am EDT

The UK government has announced a predictive policing project, relying on AI-powered interactive crime maps and facial recognition technology, that…

Aug 13, 2025, 3:19 pm EDT

More deployments of live facial recognition in public spaces in England and Wales will be made possible by the rollout…

Apr 24, 2025, 3:11 pm EDT

Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is a fan of live facial recognition. A report in The Times quotes Blair…

Dec 2, 2024, 4:06 pm EST

UK’s law enforcement agencies are seeking live facial recognition (LFR) suppliers in a new tender worth up to £20 million…

Nov 13, 2024, 5:49 pm EST

UK policing minister Diana Johnston has announced that the current Labor government will hold a series of discussions on police…

May 16, 2024, 5:08 pm EDT

The UK government has announced investments in live facial recognition and research and development for remote scanning technologies as it…

May 13, 2024, 2:17 pm EDT

With great danger comes technological innovation, says UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, in a keynote speech for the Policy Exchange…