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MPs ‘alarmed’ at police mugshot database

Posted on March 8, 2015 by pogowasright.org

Kevin Rawlinson reports:

MPs want stricter regulation of how police use biometric technologies.

The Commons Science and Technology Committee said it was “alarmed” that police in England and Wales had collected the mugshots of innocent and guilty people alike.

Last month, BBC Newsnight revealed police were holding 18 million images to use with facial recognition tech.

Read more on BBC.

 

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