UK government rejects calls for clearer facial recognition laws
Debates continue among British lawmakers on the legality of law enforcement deployment of live facial recognition technology.
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Debates continue among British lawmakers on the legality of law enforcement deployment of live facial recognition technology.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak today announced a major new investment in facial recognition technology as part of a wider crackdown on retail crime.
Photographs of innocent Scots are among more than three million mugshots being held indefinitely on 'Big Brother' police crime databases.
London police claim success with live facial recognition, while Scotland's watchdog questions the amount of data being held, and Ireland's scope of use expands.
The UK’s data protection watchdog says police will likely allow the use of cloud services that can send sensitive law enforcement data overseas.