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MPs ‘alarmed’ at police mugshot database

Posted on March 8, 2015June 30, 2025 by Dissent

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.

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