UK Home Office Sets Out Police Facial Recognition Oversight Plans
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The UK Home Office announced on November 4, 2026 plans for a statutory framework governing law-enforcement use of facial recognition and other biometric technologies, including an independent watchdog with enforcement powers, independent testing requirements and clearer limits on police deployments. These remain proposals rather than legislation already in force. The aim is a clearer, more consistent set of laws for technology currently governed by requirements spread across a patchwork of…
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