Bar for UK crimes prosecuted with live facial recognition could get much lower

Pledges by the UK government that its use of biometric data in law enforcement would be limited to, for example, the most serious crimes, are beginning to sound hollow.

The Times is reporting that police minister Chris Philp wants live facial recognition used in prosecuting shoplifters. He met with Facewatch Founder Simon Gordon and Home Office officials recently to discuss the technology’s potential benefits. Photos of known shoplifters should be compared to the police's national biometric database of criminals.

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