Police Oracle - Biometrics

Biometrics

Showing Stories from 16th May 2019 to 8th September 2020

(08/09/20) Releasing video clips won't win social media war, Met deputy warns (11/08/20) Appeal court rules that use of LFR breached privacy and data protection (07/07/20) Use of Voluntary Attendance a 'fundamental threat' to DNA database (11/06/20) IBM says it will no longer sell or develop facial recognition systems (04/05/20) Met signs off on final year of £350 million digital IT contract

Facial recognition: the need to 'opt in'

(30/04/20) Artificial Intelligence systems such as facial recognition cannot be 'opt out' tools if they are to be used as effectively as CCTV argues Jason Sierra.

(26/03/20) Mobile scanning ID system offered free to police and border forces (11/03/20) New biometrics commissioner to limit retention of custody images (05/03/20) Use of Covert Human Intelligence Sources falls to 10-year low (13/02/20) Retention of man's DNA, fingerprints and photo 'violation of privacy' (11/02/20) Live facial recognition 'not fit for police use' say Scottish MPs

New commercial body to pool procurement power of 999 services

(05/02/20) Blue Light Commercial to be led by £150K CEO who will have 'a virtual team' of 45 commercial managers.

'Name and shame' forces who do not sign up to national ICT systems

(27/01/20) Government's digital guru says that nationally agreed systems should be given to forces for free as long as they comply with mandate.

(24/01/20) Met to deploy live facial recognition technology in targeted locations (22/11/19) HMCIC appeals to new government 'to take justice system seriously' (31/10/19) Information Commissioner says use of LFR needs a case by case review (09/09/19) Met and BTP 'have provided images' for King's Cross facial recognition (28/08/19) Geocoding app squares up to challenge of pinpointing poachers as well as people in distress (08/08/19) New test 'makes it harder to lie to the police' (30/07/19) Global partnership on facial recognition results 'perfect time to promote officer safety and efficiency' (19/07/19) Halt to facial recognition technology trial urged as MPs question its legality (17/07/19) Force given another £5m for trial of predictive policing (09/07/19) Policing 'needs to demonstrate it is complying with data protection law' (04/07/19) Stop all live trials of facial recognition technology until 'significant' concerns resolved

Forces turn to biometric authentication as the final frontier in public safety

(08/06/19) Jason Tooley, Chief Revenue Officer at Veridium and board member at techUK, comments on the surge of biometric use within police forces across the country.

(24/05/19) Facial scanning technology needs greater regulation in legal framework, court told (22/05/19) Police hail 'value' of face scanning technology in world first legal action against its use (22/05/19) Police has 'no statutory power' for wholesale processing of people's data (21/05/19) First court battle to challenge police use of facial recognition (16/05/19) Facial recognition poor at recognising people from ethnic minorities

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