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.

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.

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Non-sequitur

Handley Gill’s specialist data protection consultants consider the conclusions and implications of the College of Policing’s review of Lancashire Constabulary’s handling of the investigation into the disappearance of Nicola Bulley for the processing of personal data for law enforcement purposes by police forces and other competent authorities under Part 3 Data Protection Act 2018.

PSNI Blues

Reflecting on the reprimand issued by the Information Commissioner against the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) for unlawfully transferring personal data processed for the law enforcement purposes under Part 3 Data Protection Act 2018 to the USA, Handley Gill’s consultants identify the elements of a compliance programme that would mitigate against such incidents and have produced a downloadable pdf illustrating each lawful basis for transferring personal data processed under Part 3 DPA 2018 overseas.

Taking a wrong turn? Government pursues data protection reform

The Government has today (10 May 2022) announced in the Queen’s Speech that further to its consultation ‘Data: A New Direction’ it will bring forward legislation in this Parliamentary session to reform the UK’s data protection law (the UK GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018 and Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations) which has been adopted virtually wholesale from the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Nicola Cain10 May 2022Data Protection, Personal Data, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, UK GDPR, UK General Data Protection Regulation, Data Protection Act 2018, DPA 2018, Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations, PECR, Data Protection Reform, Data: A New Direction, Brexit, National Data Strategy, 10 Tech Priorities, Cookies, Data Protection Officer, Information Commissioner, International Data Transfers, Records of Processing Activities, Processing for Research Purposes, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Anonymous Data, Data Intermediaries, Data Stewards, Data Protection Impact Assessments, High Risk Processing, Prior Consultation, Data Breaches, Regulatory Enforcement, Voluntary Undertakings, Cookie Consent, Reverse Transfers, Digital Regulation Co-operation Forum, DRCF, Notice of Intent, Final Penalty Notice, Law Enforcement Processing, Part 3 Data Protection Act 2018, Part 4 Data Protection Act 2018, Automated Processing, Data Protection & Digital Information BillComment

Deep Impact on Data Protection Impact Assessments

Data controllers should revisit their Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs).

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