Whole UK approach was a mess
An appeals court ruled that police use of facial recognition technology in the UK has "fundamental deficiencies" and violates several laws.
According to Ars Technica, South Wales Police began using automated facial recognition technolog
y on a trial basis in 2017, deploying a system called AFR Locate overtly at several dozen major events such as soccer matches. Police matched the scans against watchlists of known individuals to identify persons who were wanted by the police, had open warrants against them, or were in some other way persons of interest.
In 2019, Cardiff resident Ed Bridges filed suit against the police, alleging that having his face scanned in 2017 and 2018 was a violation of his legal rights. Although he was backed by UK civil rights organization Liberty, Bridges lost his suit in 2019, but the Court of Appeal today overturned that ruling, finding that the South Wales Police facial recognition programme was unlawful.
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Police facial scanners are against the law
13th August 2020, 05:57
Police facial scanners are against the law 
