Public F(AI)rness

To coincide with Public Sector AI Week 2025, Handley Gill’s specialist AI governance consultants consider how public law obligations apply to public authorities and other bodies carrying out public functions when using artificial intelligence (AI) and the measures they can take to demonstrate compliance and minimise the risk of judicial review challenge.

Nicola Cain9 March 2025Artificial Intelligence, AI, AI Regulation, AI Regulation White Paper, A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation, Public Law, Public Authority, Public Functions, AI in the Public Sector, PSED, Public Sector Equality Duty, Public Sector, AI Opportunities Action Plan, Public Sector AI Week, Humphrey, Judicial Review, Section 31 Senior Courts Act 1981, Section 84 Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015, Legality, Fairness, Transparency, AI Transparency, AI Fairness, Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard, ATRS, Digital Regulation Co-operation Forum, DRCF, AI Treaty, Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights Democracy and the Rule of Law, OECD Principles for Trustworthy AI, UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, Human Rights, Human Rights Act 1998, Section 6 Human Rights Act 1998, European Convention on Human Rights, Article 14 European Convention on Human Rights, Article 14 ECHR, Section 149 Equality Act 2010, Equality Act 2010Comment

Face Off

In the first Parliamentary debate on police use of live facial recognition technology, significant concerns were raised in relation to the latitude afforded to chief officers in deploying the biometric artificial intelligence (AI) tool. Handley Gill’s specialist consultants, whose advice on the deployment of LFR was acknowledged during the debate, consider the implications of the new Labour government’s proposals to revisit the legislative and regulatory framework governing the deployment of live facial recognition by law enforcement.

Nicola Cain15 April 2024Data Protection, Personal Data, Part 3 DPA 2018, Part 3 Data Protection Act 2018, Law Enforcement, Law Enforcement Processing, Police, Policing, Biometric data, Biometric Processing, Sensitive Processing, Human Rights, DATA PROTECTION ACT 2018, Human Rights Act 1998, Article 8, Article 8 ECHR, Article 8 European Convention on Human Rights, Article 14 ECHR, Article 14 European Convention on Human Rights, Facial Recognition, Live Facial Recognition, LFR, Public Sector Equality Duty, PSED, Discrimination, Bias, Surveillance, Surveillance Camera Commissioner, Biometrics Commissioner, Data protection impact assessment, DPIA, Appropriate Policy Document, Equality Impact Assessment, Community Impact Assessment, Human Rights Impact Assessment, Cyber Security Risk Assessment, Integrated Impact Assessment, Model Card, Algorithmic Impact Assessment, Algorithmic Transparency Report, Algorithmic Transparency, Data Processing Agreement, Data Sharing Agreement, Joint Controller Agreement, Privacy Policy, Privacy Notice, House of Lords Justice & Home Affairs CommitteeComment

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