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UK cops continue to hold countless custody images unlawfully

UK cops continue to hold countless custody images unlawfully

Technology
Annual report from the biometrics and security electronic camera commissioner of England and Wales highlights the continuous and illegal retention countless custody pictures of innocent individuals never ever charged with a criminal offense by authorities By Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & & principles editor Released: 10 Dec 2024 13:40 Countless unlawfully kept custody images might still be utilized for facial-recognition functions by UK cops, states biometric commissioner of England and Wales Tony Eastaugh in larger caution about the quick growth of security tools. In 2012, a High Court judgment discovered the retention of custody images in the Police National D...
What do the Home Secretary’s policing reforms indicate for the future of the Police Digital Service?

What do the Home Secretary’s policing reforms indicate for the future of the Police Digital Service?

Technology
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has actually ended up being a landing zone for Whitehall's numerous digital functions considering that the brand-new federal government pertained to power in July 2024. Obligation for running the Government Digital Service (GDS) and the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) has actually moved from the Cabinet Office to DSIT, however it appears the federal government's digital reshuffle may not be over. On 19 November 2024, home secretary Yvette Cooper launched a declaration about the federal government's strategies to take a more "active management function" to bring back the general public's subsiding self-confidence in UK policing. "Confidence in policing has actually fallen in current years," she stated. "Visible area pol...