UK police ask for more funds as it expands facial recognition use
UK’s police chiefs have asked the government to commit £220 million (US$296 million) annually for the next three years to…
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Ada Lovelace Institute questions legality of facial recognition in UK
Deployments of biometric technologies, such as facial recognition and emotion recognition, may not be lawful in the UK, according to…
UK Home Office, police body resist biometrics transparency
UK airport passengers have been secretly checked while boarding aircraft by face biometric scanning cameras under a scheme backed by…
London to introduce permanent live facial recognition cameras
London police have announced their plans to install the UK’s first permanent live facial recognition cameras, catching potential criminals by…
UK needs unified regulation for facial recognition: Biometrics Institute
The UK needs a clearer and consistent framework for governing facial recognition in public spaces as missteps in deploying the…
London police tout success of FRT, flout rules on use of custody images
Police in London have arrested a total of 540 individuals this year using live facial recognition for offenses ranging from…
UK police organized crime unit seeks new facial recognition software
The UK’s main law enforcement agency against organized crime is looking into new facial recognition solutions, as the country doubles…
UK govt details police use of facial recognition during anti-immigration protests
Nearly a month after anti-immigration protests and riots shook the UK, policing authorities have announced the arrest of 1,280 people,…
Rights groups push back on UK police use of facial recognition amid far-right riots
After the UK government announced more deployments of facial recognition to curb far-right riots, rights groups have called on Prime…
Met Police increase use of facial recognition amid UK anti-immigration riots
London’s Metropolitan Police are ramping up their efforts to combat criminal disorder by utilizing retrospective facial recognition. This approach comes…
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