The state of surveillance
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Blog post from the Surveillance Camera Commissioner’s Office.
By Tony Porter
In the world of overt surveillance cameras automatic facial recognition has recently been under the spotlight. Only in the last few weeks we have seen the publication of a high profile and independent report highlighting concerns about the use of live time facial recognition by the Metropolitan Police. Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary Fire and Rescue Services HMICFRS released its annual report ‘A State of Policing’ suggesting that the police should invest more in technologies such as facial recognition. We’ve seen the House of Commons Select Committee on Science and Technology report criticise the government’s approach to regulating the police use of AFR in their latest report. The Information Commissioner has also added her voice to the AFR debate in a recent blog.
Whereas AFR continues to command headline attention, to exclusively look towards AFR and indeed ‘Biometrics’ with regard to surveillance...
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