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S4E3 - Automated Facial Recognition technology and the right to privacy – an update

PLOD - Police Law On Demand

English - April 06, 2021 04:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MB
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Dijen Basu QC and Daniel Berke meet again to discuss the use of automated facial recognition technology by the police. AFR is capable of scanning 50 face per second from a crowd but raises serious issues under Article 8 of the HRA, the right to privacy, following an appeal in the case of R (Bridges) v Chief Constable of South Wales Police & Information Commissioner.