No Clear Legal Basis for Police Expansion of Live Facial Recognition, Peers Say

There is no clear legal basis for the police to expand their use of Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology, a select committee of peers said. Baroness Hamwee, chair of the Justice and Home Affairs Committee, wrote to Home Secretary James Cleverly on Jan. 26, calling for a legislative framework on LFR deployment. “Looking to the future, police forces may soon be able to link LFR cameras to trawl large populations, such as Greater London and not just specific localities. There is nothing to regulate this,” the letter says. “The Committee accepts that LFR may be a valuable tool for police forces, but we are deeply concerned that its use is being expanded without proper scrutiny and accountability,” Baroness Hamwee said....