Police Use Of Facial Recognition Is Legal

[anotheoldgit]

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/04/police-use-of-facial-recognition-is-legal-cardiff-high-court-rules

And why shouldn't it be, since we have CCTV cameras on our streets and in our supermarkets etc etc?

[Zacs-Master]

‘Fiona Barton QC, a barrister at 5 Essex Court chambers who specialises in police use of technology, said: “This case should not be taken as a green light to go ahead with the use of AFR in all and any circumstances: it was decided on specific facts, within a specific legal framework applicable to certain public authorities, and by reference to South Wales police’s policy and other documents.’

It has been ruled as legal in this instance. The ruling does not give the police carte blanche freedom to use it.

[Mamyalynne]

You can get yourself removed from the database, but the issue is, you have to find out if your image is stored in the first place.

Like all things that purport to be in our best interests there is room for abuse of the system.

[teacher1]

How about this ......

Facial recognition software wrongly identified more than 2,000 people as potential criminals as police patrolled the Champions League final in Cardiff .

The technology provided hundreds of “false positives” wrongly marking out innocent people as possible troublemakers when an estimated 170,000 people descended on the city for the showpiece match between Real Madrid and Juventus.

A South Wales Police spokesman admitted “no facial recognition system is 100% accurate under all conditions” but added that in the months since it was first deployed “no-one has been arrested where a ‘false positive alert’ has occurred and no members of the public have complained”.

Data published by the force showed police covering the Champions League final at the Principality Stadium on June 3 last year were alerted to 2,470 potential matches with custody pictures by the facial recognition programme.

But of these 92% – a total if 2,297 – were incorrect, with just 173 providing ‘true positive alerts’.

[Old_Geezer]

Because the State tracing your every movement is not just something that can be used to solve crime. It's can be used as a tool to ensure control too. Which is why there needs to be agreed rules. Preferably global/international ones.

[jno]

CCTV cameras just record your presence, it’s up to the operators to recognise you. With facial recognition it’s the technology that recognises you ... or pretends to. As teacher1 has pointed out, the technology is useless.

[douglas9401]

Should keep a fair few of Bozza's 20,000 new officers busy every time it's deployed, chasing down all those false pings.

I say 'Bozza's', assuming he makes it out the other side of the latest shambles.

[Togo]

Does this mean that we all have to wear a burka?

[Old_Geezer]

Only if you want to look like a letterbox.

[Togo]

What about the vehicle recognition cameras?

https://thumbsnap.com/i/qBVLE1fT.jpg