Police get facial recognition go ahead in world-first case

Facial recognition can be legally used by police forces in the UK, judges have ruled.

As the world’s first case against the controversial technology concluded, two leading judges dismissed the case brought by human rights campaign group Liberty on behalf of Ed Bridges, a Cardiff resident whose face was scanned by South Wales Police during a trial of facial recognition.

Lord Justice Haddon-Cave, sitting with Mr Justice Swift, concluded that South Wales Police’s use of live facial recognition “met the requirements of the Human Rights Act”.

Source: https://news.sky.com/story/police-use-of-facial-recognition-is-legal-high-court-rules-11801975?fbclid=IwAR0HV8zT5y4mk_XQDUkEGkRXNqRm4pODvWqJGHFgOGEWDQODtcMykC8AH7E