UK academic argues for local policy updates on live facial recognition over legislation

New legislation may not be needed to underpin live facial recognition in the UK, according to an analysis by a Brunel University London professor. Meanwhile, trials and production deployments continue, even as the Biometrics Commissioner’s Office begins preparing to shut down.

A paper in Cambridge Law Journal by Brunel AI, Disruptive Innovation and Law Senior Lecturer Dr. Asress Gikay argues that privacy, data protection and civil liability laws already on the books already address most of the risks associated with …

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