All this comes as the ICO’s investigation into five police forces found significant problems with how FRT is already being used.
It made 107 recommendations, with particular concerns around retrospective FRT.
https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2026/08/facial-recognition-in-policing/
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