Real-time facial recognition meets real-world debate, but where’s the data?
A plan by London’s Metropolitan Police to use live facial recognition at Notting Hill Carnival has prompted fresh debate, but…
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UK govt building on live facial recognition, announces predictive policing prototype
The UK government has announced a predictive policing project, relying on AI-powered interactive crime maps and facial recognition technology, that…
Why retail needs biometrics – the cameras aren’t working
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner According to the Economist shoplifting has octupled in a decade,…
UK rolls out more live facial recognition, safeguards and oversight framework to follow
More deployments of live facial recognition in public spaces in England and Wales will be made possible by the rollout…
Clandestine facial recognition searches of civil databases by UK police surge
UK police have been allowed to search the nation’s passport and immigration databases since at least 2020, and Big Brother…
From Notting Hill to Denmark Hill – UK police facial recognition rejoins the carnival
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner Fans of police facial recognition will know Notting Hill. Not…
London police can use live facial recognition 10 times a week under new rules
London’s Metropolitan Police, or The Met, is ramping up its use of live facial recognition in tandem with a strategy…
UK Home Office working on rules for police use of LFR
The UK Home Office is in the process of crafting a governance framework for the use of live facial recognition…
London police mark 1K arrests through live facial recognition
The UK’s largest police force has announced a new milestone of more than 1,000 wanted criminals arrested thanks to live…
UK govt considering pleas to set police facial recognition use on solid legal ground
The UK government is considering introducing new legislation to back the use of facial recognition by police, Fraud Minister David…
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