Episode 3 - Let’s face it - The use of automated facial recognition technology by the police
PLOD - Police Law On Demand
English - March 16, 2020 16:00 - 12 minutes - 8.41 MBGovernment True Crime plod plod podcast plodpodcast police law demand police law on demand Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The first claim anywhere in the World, concerning the use by police of automated facial recognition (“AFR”) technology has been heard by the Divisional Court.
Automated Facial Recognition can match 50 faces per second, but its use has raised serious questions of human rights law. Dijen Basu QC and solicitor Daniel Berke discuss why, depending on the facts of each particular deployment, AFR is lawful.
For more information, please also read Dijen’s blog https://www.ukpolicelawblog.com/index.php/9-blog/223-let-s-face-it-use-of-automated-facial-recognition-technology-by-the-police