West Yorkshire Police Makes Three Arrests in First Kirklees LFR Deployment
West Yorkshire Police says its first use of live facial recognition in Kirklees led to three arrests during a three-day operation in Huddersfield town centre.…
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Sainsbury’s Pauses Facial Recognition at London Store After Customer Ejection
Sainsbury’s has temporarily suspended live facial recognition at its East Dulwich store after staff wrongly challenged a customer as a suspected shoplifter and…
UK Gambling Regulator Warns Operators Over Identity Verification Gaps
The UK Gambling Commission has warned online gambling operators that incomplete registration data and overly permissive identity matching are creating…
Stockport Facial Recognition Deployment Leads to Two Arrests
A live facial recognition deployment in Stockport generated four alerts and led Greater Manchester Police to arrest two men suspected of breaching Sexual Harm…
Signicat ReadID Gains UK Digital Identity Trust Certification
Signicat’s ReadID service has been certified under the UK Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework and added to the government’s register of digital…
British Transport Police Expands Facial Recognition Trial to London Underground
British Transport Police has expanded its live facial recognition trial into London Underground stations, extending a six-month evaluation that began at…
Devon and Cornwall Police Plans First Live Facial Recognition Deployment
Devon and Cornwall Police will deploy live facial recognition for the first time in Newquay, using the technology in the town during the period surrounding the…
UK Conservatives Propose Mandatory Facial Matching for Suspect Images
UK Conservatives want police to run usable images of unidentified suspects through retrospective facial recognition as a standard investigative step.
UK Facial Age Estimation Plan Faces Renewed Accuracy and Bias Scrutiny
The UK Home Office’s planned use of facial age-estimation technology to support initial age decisions for undocumented asylum seekers is facing renewed…
Thames Valley Police Reports Three Outcomes From Slough Facial Recognition Alerts
Thames Valley Police says its latest live facial recognition deployment in Slough scanned 14,795 faces, generated four alerts and produced three arrests or…