UK Home Office accused of lobbying for Facewatch: report

Troubles continue for biometric security company Facewatch, known for deploying facial recognition surveillance in retail stores across the UK.

New internal government emails reveal that senior officials at the Home Office communicated to the country’s data privacy watchdog, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), that the policing minister Chris Philp would write to the commissioner if the regulator’s investigation into Facewatch was not positive towards the firm.

“If you are about to do something imminently in Facewatch’s favor then I …

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