Police biometrics, surveillance ‘too complex’ to treat as data processing: UK commissioners
A letter from the UK’s biometrics and surveillance camera commissioners which lodges their warnings that police use of biometrics is…
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UK House of Lords consider issues around biometrics, facial recognition
As the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee hears from experts how technologies such as facial recognition are…
Facial recognition lessons for the private sector from the South Wales police case
In response to the successful appeal against the legality of South Wales Police’s use of facial biometrics for automated public identification,…
Live biometric facial recognition use by South Wales Police ruled unlawful by appeals court
The use of facial biometrics for automatic public identification by South Wales Police has been declared unlawful by the UK…
South Wales police heavily criticized for facial recognition use at football derby
South Wales police are deploying biometric facial recognition technology at a major football derby between Cardiff City and Swansea City…
Police facial recognition ruling appealed in Wales, ban delayed in Portland, trial halt requested in Macau
Pushback against facial recognition use by police sits at various stages in countries around the world this week. A Welsh…
South Wales police win facial recognition legal challenge as King’s Cross plans halted
The use of biometric facial recognition by South Wales police interferes with the privacy rights of those scanned, but is…
South Wales Police facial recognition system accuracy improving but in-the-wild results lag
Improvements to the facial recognition system used by South Wales Police has raised the technology’s effectiveness to confirmed match rates…
New NEC algorithm dramatically improves accuracy of South Wales Police facial recognition
South Wales Police have deployed a new algorithm to make their automated facial recognition (AFR) system much more accurate, making…
Legal challenge over police use of facial recognition in Wales moves forward
South Wales police will not block a legal challenge raised by Cardiff man Ed Bridges regarding its use of facial…
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