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.

A Herculean Labour?

Handley Gill’s specialist consultants consider what a Labour Party AI Bill, announced in the King’s Speech on 17 July 2024, will regulate, considering its manifesto commitments and the TUC’s proposed Artificial Intelligence (Employment and Regulation) Bill, and contrasting with Lord Holmes’ Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill which fell at the dissolution of the last Parliament and the EU’s AI Act.

Now you see me...

As police forces are encouraged by the government to expand their use of live facial recognition technologies, with the Prime Minister announcing additional funding, Handley Gill Limited’s specialist consultants consider the legal issues that arise and the actions that Chief Constables and forces must take prior to deploying or even procuring LFR for law enforcement purposes.

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

AI regulation in the UK: in out in out shake it all about

Handley Gill’s consultants analyse the Government’s response to its consultation on the White Paper ‘A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation’, published on 06 February 2024, and its implications for AI developers and UK creators, business and the public, identifying the steps the Government has committed to take.

Nicola Cain6 February 2024AI, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill, A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation, Department for Science Innovation & Technology, AI Governance, AI Regulation, AI Risk, AI Risk Assessment, AI Safety, EU AI Act, AI Act, AI Regulation White Paper, House of Lords Communications & Digital Committee, Large Language Models & Generative AI, Large Language Models, LLMs, Generative AI, Ofcom, Information Commissioner's Office, Information Commissioner, ICO, EHRC, Equality and Human Rights Commission, CMA, Competition & Markets Authority, Digital Markets Competition & Consumers Bill, Data Protection & Digital Information Bill, DPDI Bill, Data Protection, Discrimination, Bias, Cyber Security, Ofsted, Office for Product Safety & Standards, AI Regulatory Principles, 5 AI Regulatory Principles, Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation, CDEI, Responsible Technology Adoption Unit, Employment Law, HR, Human Resources, Recruitment, Automated Processing, Automated Decision Making, Safety Security & Robustness, Appropriate transparency and explainability, Fairness, Accountability & Governance, Contestability and redress, Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Rights, IPR, Misinformation, Disinformation, Online Safety Act 2023, AI Management Essentials Scheme, AI Security, AI Safety Institute, Human Rights, Human Rights Act 1998Comment

AI acceleration

Handley Gill’s specialist AI and data protection consultants summarise the House of Lords’ Communications and Digital Committee’s report on Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI, which calls on the government to act at pace to address the real and immediate risks posed by artificial intelligence.

practical mAgIc

On 2 November 2023, as the UK government hosts the Global AI Safety Summit focusing on the ‘what ifs’ of frontier AI models, Handley Gill’s consultants will host an AI Fringe webinar on the risks that using AI poses to individuals, organisations and society right now, and the practical steps that can be taken by organisations deploying AI to do so safely and ethically. Register for the free webinar via Eventbrite.

Nicola Cain26 October 2023AI, Artificial Intelligence, AI Safety, AI Safety Summit, AI Fringe, Data Protection, Intellectual Property, Discrimination, Bias, Human Rights, ESG, Environmental Social & Governance, Environmental Social & Corporate Governance, EnvironmentComment