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A civil liberties group is taking on a police force which it says has scanned thousands of people’s faces without their knowledge or consent at high-profile events such as the 2017 Champions League Final and Ed Sheeran concerts. The High Court, sitting at Cardiff Civil and Family Justice Centre, today began hearing Liberty’s challenge against South Wales Police’s deployment of automated facial recognition software. The civil liberties group is representing Ed Bridges, who believes his face was scanned by the force at a peaceful anti-arms protest and while he was doing his Christmas shopping.
Full story - The Law Society Gazette
A civil liberties group is taking on a police force which it says has scanned thousands of people’s faces without their knowledge or consent at high-profile events such as the 2017 Champions League Final and Ed Sheeran concerts. The High Court, sitting at Cardiff Civil and Family Justice Centre, today began hearing Liberty’s challenge against South Wales Police’s deployment of automated facial recognition software. The civil liberties group is representing Ed Bridges, who believes his face was scanned by the force at a peaceful anti-arms protest and while he was doing his Christmas shopping.
Full story - The Law Society Gazette
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