Facial Recognition used on the the 13th and 14th June 2018 at King George Docks

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Dear Humberside Police,

Under the Freedom of Information Act please see below requests for information:
Ref: https://www.humberside.police.uk/news/su...

a) In the above article it is stated that “a data base of more than 100 people” How many faces exactly were on the database used.

b) Please advise the sources of these facial images.

c) Please advise how many people on that database had not been arrested for a crime.

d) Please supply any documents that detail the criteria for enabling faces to be on the database.

e) Please advise how many false positive matches and positive matches there were .

f) How many people were stopped and please advise out of those stopped how many arrests were made.

g) How many hours was the facial recognition operation for. Please list by date.

h) How many cameras were utilizing the facial recognition technology.

i) Please advise by number how many of these cameras were static or mobile.

j) Please advise who owns the cameras used, please breakdown by static/mobile quantity/owner.

k) “We will also be undertaking further consultation with our communities, other UK forces, civil liberties groups and other key stakeholders, to help shape our decision.”
Please advise how and which community groups/people you will be consulting with.

l) Please advise who the "other UK forces, civil liberties groups and other key stakeholders" are you will be undertaking further consultation with.

m) Please advise how many future trials of facial technology Humberside Police have planned. Please advise the dates and locations if yet decided.

n) Please advise the end date of the trial and date when the trial results will be published.

o) Please advise when discussion with the Metropolitan Police started with regards to Humberside Police trialling facial recognition.

p) Please provide the privacy impact assessment for the facial recognition

Some parts of this request may be easier to answer than others and in such case please could you release available data as soon as possible rather than delay the entire request.

If you are not fully certain of what it is I am asking then I look forward to contact from you as soon as possible to clarify what it is I am requesting in order to meet your obligations under the law.

If the costs of processing this request exceed the limit in the Act, please advise on what information you are able to supply within the cost limit.

Yours faithfully,

Pippa King

Information Compliance, Humberside Police

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Livingston, Adele 9353, Humberside Police

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06 August, 2018

Dear Ms. King,

Thank you for your request for information dated 09 July, 2018 concerning a) In the above article it is stated that "a data base of more than 100 people" How many faces exactly were on the database used..

This is to inform you that all information relating to your request has been considered and a relevant response has been attached.

Should any further information be requested regarding this topic, a separate request will need to be submitted.

If I can be of any further assistance on this matter please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely,

Adele Livingston
Information Compliance Officer

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