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Police guidance on facial recognition technology ‘a hammer blow to privacy’

Innocent people like victims and potential witnesses could be placed on police watchlists under guidance on the use of facial recognition systems, civil liberties groups have warned. Campaigners branded guidance being sent to forces about how to use ...

22 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Uber Eats driver wins payout over discriminatory facial recognition checks

An Uber Eats driver has received a payout to end a legal claim following allegations that the platform’s AI-powered facial recognition checks required to work for the delivery firm were racially discriminatory. In 2021, Pa Edrissa Manjang was told ...

26 Mar 2024 at 20:18

Facial recognition firm Clearview AI overturns UK data privacy fine

Facial recognition firm Clearview AI has won its appeal to overturn a fine from the UK’s data protection watchdog over the use of its facial images database. The firm has collected billions of images of people’s faces and data from publicly ...

18 Oct 2023 at 16:45

Ireland

Government to publish draft law on facial recognition technology

The Government has agreed to publish its draft law on facial recognition technology (FRT), which will be used for offences including violent disorder which was added in the wake of the Dublin riots. The Minister for Justice has said the ...

14 Dec 2023 at 00:01

Policing minister urges forces to double use of facial recognition software

Police are being encouraged to double their use of retrospective facial recognition software to track down offenders over the next six months. Policing minister Chris Philp has written to force chiefs suggesting the target of exceeding ...

29 Oct 2023 at 00:01

Notting Hill face-recognition technology will be used without bias – Met boss

Metropolitan Police boss Sir Mark Rowley has said live facial recognition (LFR) technology will be used without bias amid concerns about it being deployed at this year’s Notting Hill Carnival. In a letter to the commissioner, 11 ...

19 Aug 2025 at 18:05

‘Far fewer violent incidents’ at this year’s Notting Hill Carnival, police say

This year’s Notting Hill Carnival has seen far fewer incidents of serious violence than in recent years, the Metropolitan Police said. The force said in an update on Monday there had so far been 423 arrests over the two main ...

26 Aug 2025 at 00:26

Ireland

Minister urged to address facial recognition technology concerns

A parliamentary committee has urged the Justice Minister to address concerns about the accuracy and bias in the use of facial recognition technology by gardai. Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) has been cited as a way of ...

28 Feb 2024 at 20:43

Police widening use of live facial scanning with no clear legal grounds – peers

Police use of live facial recognition surveillance is being expanded without clear legal grounds, peers have warned. The Lords’ Justice and Home Affairs Committee has called into question the lawfulness of the deployment ...

27 Jan 2024 at 00:01

Critics hit out at police plan to use facial recognition on coronation crowds

Human rights campaigners have heavily criticised potential police use of facial recognition on crowds attending the coronation. The Metropolitan Police is considering using the technology over the weekend, with a watch ...

03 May 2023 at 17:41

City

Privacy group complains of ‘unlawful’ facial recognition at convenience stores

Privacy rights group Big Brother Watch has submitted a complaint against Southern Co-Operative’s use of facial recognition cameras, claiming it is “Orwellian” and “unlawful”. According to the complaint made to the ...

26 Jul 2022 at 08:17

MPs join campaign group’s call for facial recognition ban

MPs and peers from all sides have called for an “immediate stop” to the use of live facial recognition surveillance by police and private companies. Former Brexit Secretary David Davis MP, Liberal Democrats ...

06 Oct 2023 at 06:38

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