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Posts tagged Live Facial Recognition
AI. Aye? Nay!
AI. Aye? Nay!

Handley Gill’s specialist responsible AI consultants highlight the provisions of the EU AI Act coming into force on 02 February 2025 which ban certain AI practices within the EU, including manipulative or deceptive techniques, exploiting vulnerabilities, social scoring, predictive policing, facial recognition databases based on scraping, emotion recognition at school or work, biometric categorisation and real time biometric identification in public spaces for law enforcement, as well as new positive obligations on AI developers and deployers relating to AI literacy.

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Nicola CainAI, Artificial Intelligence, AI Regulation, EU AI Act, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Chapter I EU AI Act, Chapter II EU AI Act, Prohibited AI Practices, EU AI Act Implementation, Article 5 EU AI Act, Article 5(1)(a) EU AI Act, Article 5(1)(b) EU AI Act, Article 5(1)(c) EU AI Act, Article 5(1)(d) EU AI Act, Article 5(1)(e) EU AI Act, Article 5(1)(f) EU AI Act, Article 5(1)(g) EU AI Act, Article 5(1)(h) EU AI Act, Article 4 EU AI Act, AI Literacy, Facial Recognition, Live Facial Recognition, Law EnforcementComment
Face Off
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.

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Nicola CainFacial Recognition, Live Facial Recognition, Police, Policing, Law Enforcement, Data Protection, PERSONAL DATA, DATA PROTECTION ACT 2018, Part 3 Data Protection Act 2018, Law Enforcement Processing, Biometric data, Biometric Processing, Sensitive Processing, Human Rights, Human Rights Act 1998, European Convention on Human Rights, Article 8 ECHR, Privacy, Article 14 ECHR, LFR, Equality Act 2010, PSED, Public Sector Equality Duty, Discrimination, Bias, Surveillance, Surveillance Camera Commissioner, Biometrics Commissioner, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Biometrics & Surveillance Camera CommissionerComment
Now you see me...
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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Nicola CainData 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