“We are finding ourselves quite hamstrung by a quite complex regulatory system, a quite complex legal framework,” while “bad guys” were getting up to speed with technology, Dick told the Telegraph. She was reported as saying she was keen to press ahead with greater use of facial recognition. The use of facial recognition CCTV has drawn sharp criticism from civil rights groups. The organisation is now taking the Metropolitan police to court over its use of facial recognition CCTV. “The Met has charged ahead using live facial recognition surveillance without a legal basis, introducing ever more authoritarian surveillance with no political supervision.”

Source: The Guardian November 10, 2018 15:46 UTC