{"id":112224,"date":"2026-01-27T12:10:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T12:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/london-cops-face-court-over-live-facial-recognition-creep-the-register\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T12:12:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T12:12:17","slug":"london-cops-face-court-over-live-facial-recognition-creep-the-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/london-cops-face-court-over-live-facial-recognition-creep-the-register\/","title":{"rendered":"London cops face court over live facial recognition creep \u2022 The Register"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/go.fiverr.com\/visit\/?bta=1052423&nci=17043\" Target=\"_Top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/wp-content\/themes\/breek\/assets\/images\/transparent.gif\" data-lazy=\"true\" data-src=\"https:\/\/fiverr.ck-cdn.com\/tn\/serve\/?cid=40081059\"  width=\"601\" height=\"201\"><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"body\">\n<p>The Excessive Courtroom will hear from privateness campaigners this week who need to reshape the way in which the Metropolitan Police is allowed to make use of dwell facial recognition (LFR) tech.<\/p>\n<p>Civil liberties group Large Brother Watch is supporting the case introduced by claimant and anti-knife crime campaigner Shaun Thompson, who mentioned that after being misidentified by LFR cameras in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2025\/03\/27\/uk_facial_recognition\/\">Croydon<\/a>, police demanded he submit his fingerprints.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I used to be misidentified by a dwell facial recognition system whereas coming dwelling from a group patrol in Croydon,&#8221; mentioned Thompson. &#8220;Law enforcement officials informed me I used to be a wished man and demanded my fingerprints though I might completed nothing improper. 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and &#8220;entry routes&#8221; to these hotspots, is simply too broad a constraint, given that the majority elements of London might moderately fall beneath the &#8220;crime hotspot&#8221; definition.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,dmpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,dmpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,dmpu,\">\n            <noscript><br \/>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44aXirL3_y7R55PK-AJ0afjgAAANQ&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/wp-content\/themes\/breek\/assets\/images\/transparent.gif\" data-lazy=\"true\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44aXirL3_y7R55PK-AJ0afjgAAANQ&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                <\/a><br \/>\n            <\/noscript>\n        <\/div>\n<p>Carlo additionally submitted her arguments to the case that the Met&#8217;s LFR insurance policies threaten the rights protected beneath Articles 10 and 11 of the Conference, as pop-up deployments allegedly prohibit folks&#8217;s capability to protest.<\/p>\n<p>She mentioned: &#8220;The opportunity of being subjected to a digital id examine by police with out our consent virtually anyplace, at any time, is a severe infringement on our civil liberties that&#8217;s remodeling London. When used as a mass surveillance device, dwell facial recognition reverses the presumption of innocence and destroys any notion of privateness in our capital.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re completely out of step with the remainder of Europe on dwell facial recognition. This is a chance for the courtroom to uphold our democratic rights and instigate much-needed safeguards towards intrusive AI-driven surveillance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Excessive Courtroom listening to comes a month after the UK authorities introduced plans to &#8220;ramp up&#8221; police use of facial recognition and biometrics.<\/p>\n<p>The Dwelling Workplace <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2025\/12\/05\/uk_cops_facial_recognition\/\">opened a consultation<\/a> for specialists to weigh in on new legal guidelines that can govern a accountable enhance on this know-how&#8217;s use, in order that police can use it extra typically and with better confidence.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" id=\"story_eagle_xsm_sm_md_xmd_lg_xlg\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xsm=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-sm=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-md=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-xmd=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-lg=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-xlg=\",mpu,dmpu,\">\n            <noscript><br \/>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33aXirL3_y7R55PK-AJ0afjgAAANQ&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/wp-content\/themes\/breek\/assets\/images\/transparent.gif\" data-lazy=\"true\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33aXirL3_y7R55PK-AJ0afjgAAANQ&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                <\/a><br \/>\n            <\/noscript>\n        <\/div>\n<p>Sarah Jones, crime and policing minister, mentioned facial recognition know-how &#8220;is the most important breakthrough for catching criminals since DNA matching.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It has already helped take hundreds of harmful criminals off our streets and has large potential to strengthen how the police maintain us secure,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are going to increase its use in order that forces can put extra criminals behind bars and deal with crime of their communities.&#8221; \u00ae<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<iframe data-lazy=\"true\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.fiverr.com\/gig_widgets?id=U2FsdGVkX18x7XQvttUTrv1oEqmGNGTgvvCUiUoJ\/AP4z\/UyMz8lXGOLpu15jIMxBbTR0gmD5uBoFvhC4KWeALQRp3h\/X\/AwcVD0K8Wj9H\/ZzYKzcCNHosB9oS4SCJJFWiN85P9ICAc4OgCoE\/wHKIY7CDkf2\/DQ1vqGvk4smVe5cRDEmrLPCWi4FC8p40VUhSmWQ5udCm0zoJtorgWv3vbDQw0kKYkwn39ozAnQXDe+YvWMxkLFWA+O3TFwkJvdkIK+\/AUSnRssPKt5WHY0FhNOxnSPcLslEL4G4\/RfP95ve99U+kRnDy3X+KtzdQLY+u935ghON\/o3UE4IMv9oN6JX9RnxzL\/LRcOgnHigxStSGPKsZYtnz8RWNVT\/rOLAibqiWJadC5MYHRbekF3eg6FOGrQGkXYbsn0+a5aovnlLCbLwIqY9fcS17UX8J235iQ6cdmHNbrPeS84CMm34RA==&affiliate_id=1052423&strip_google_tagmanager=true\" loading=\"lazy\" data-with-title=\"true\" class=\"fiverr_nga_frame\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"350\" width=\"100%\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-mode=\"random_gigs\" onload=\" var frame = this; var script = document.createElement('script'); script.addEventListener('load', function() { window.FW_SDK.register(frame); }); script.setAttribute('src', 'https:\/\/www.fiverr.com\/gig_widgets\/sdk'); document.body.appendChild(script); \" ><\/iframe>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/go.theregister.com\/feed\/www.theregister.com\/2026\/01\/27\/high_court_lfr\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Excessive Courtroom will hear from privateness campaigners this week who need to reshape the way in which the Metropolitan Police is allowed to make&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-universe"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>London cops face court over live facial recognition creep \u2022 The Register - mailinvest.blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Technology is forever changing, and there are always new pieces of technology to replace obsolete ones. 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