Live facial recognition vans spread across seven additional UK cities
UK police authorities are expanding their live facial recognition (LFR) surveillance program, which uses cameras on top of vans to…
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Europe’s ‘Wild West’ of facial recognition testing spurs call for responsible AI oversight
A peer-reviewed study published in Data & Policy by legal scholar Karen Yeung of the University of Birmingham, and Wenlong…
Facial recognition cost, false alerts for Wales police falling over time
Police in Wales have spent more than £3.5 million (US$4.7 million) on facial recognition over the last seven years with…
ICO ‘encouraged’ by UK police facial recognition compliance with data protection law
The use of facial recognition by police in South Wales and Gwent is compliant with the UK’s data protection law,…
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…
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…
Cardiff expands live facial recognition for Six Nations championships
Police in the capital of Wales are planning to deploy additional live facial recognition cameras during this year’s Six Nations…
South Wales police try on-demand facial recognition app
Police in South Wales and Gwent will become the first police units in the UK to use mobile apps with…
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,…
UK police report facial recognition deters crime, saves money, gains public trust
In Hampshire and Isle of Wight, facial recognition is being used to identify suspects caught on camera, resulting in more…
