UK police should be banned from using facial recognition systems on the streets, airports and any public place. This is stated in a report by the Minderoo Center for Technology and Democracy at the University of Cambridge. The Guardian.
The researchers looked at two biometric identification deployment sites in London and one in South Wales. According to report author Evani Radia-Dixit, all three locations do not meet minimum ethical and legal standards.
“In order to protect human rights and increase responsibility for the use of technology, we must ask ourselves what values we want to instill in technology, as well as move from high-level principles to practice,” the researcher said.
According to the report, police exploitation of a facial recognition system does not include many known practices for the safe and ethical use of large-scale data systems.
“This problem goes far beyond the bias of facial recognition algorithms,” the researchers said.
In 2020, the Metropolitan Police Service hired University of Essex scientist Pete Fassi to review previous tests of the biometric identification system. The researcher denied the statements of law enforcement officers about 70% of the effectiveness of the technology. According to Fassi, the figure was only 19%.
The researcher called real-time facial recognition a powerful and intrusive technology that has real implications for people’s rights.
“The fact that in 2020 the Court of Appeal explicitly stated that the South Wales Police Force is using this technology “illegally” makes it difficult to argue about the need for its further exploitation,” Fassi said.
The scientist added that law enforcement officers often have to make their own decisions about the use of facial recognition, as successive governments have failed to form a legislative framework.
The South Wales Police said they have improved the biometric identification system after losing in court. In total, the technology helped arrest 61 suspects.
“Our goal […] “To ensure public safety and help us identify serious offenders,” said Assistant Chief Constable Mark Travis.
The Metropolitan Police said their powers derive from common law recognized by the courts.
Recall that in May, the UK authorities fined Clearview AI $ 9.5 million for illegally extracting images of citizens’ faces from social networks and the Internet.
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UK police should be banned from using facial recognition systems on the streets, airports and any public place. This is stated in a report by the Minderoo Center for Technology and Democracy at the University of Cambridge. The Guardian.
The researchers looked at two biometric identification deployment sites in London and one in South Wales. According to report author Evani Radia-Dixit, all three locations do not meet minimum ethical and legal standards.
“In order to protect human rights and increase responsibility for the use of technology, we must ask ourselves what values we want to instill in technology, as well as move from high-level principles to practice,” the researcher said.
According to the report, police exploitation of a facial recognition system does not include many known practices for the safe and ethical use of large-scale data systems.
“This problem goes far beyond the bias of facial recognition algorithms,” the researchers said.
In 2020, the Metropolitan Police Service hired University of Essex scientist Pete Fassi to review previous tests of the biometric identification system. The researcher denied the statements of law enforcement officers about 70% of the effectiveness of the technology. According to Fassi, the figure was only 19%.
The researcher called real-time facial recognition a powerful and intrusive technology that has real implications for people’s rights.
“The fact that in 2020 the Court of Appeal explicitly stated that the South Wales Police Force is using this technology “illegally” makes it difficult to argue about the need for its further exploitation,” Fassi said.
The scientist added that law enforcement officers often have to make their own decisions about the use of facial recognition, as successive governments have failed to form a legislative framework.
The South Wales Police said they have improved the biometric identification system after losing in court. In total, the technology helped arrest 61 suspects.
“Our goal […] “To ensure public safety and help us identify serious offenders,” said Assistant Chief Constable Mark Travis.
The Metropolitan Police said their powers derive from common law recognized by the courts.
Recall that in May, the UK authorities fined Clearview AI $ 9.5 million for illegally extracting images of citizens’ faces from social networks and the Internet.
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