Facial recognition plans

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Dear Cheshire Constabulary,

Please provide answers to the following:
1. Does Cheshire Constabulary have any plans to introduce facial recognition?

2. If so, please provide all information relating to those plans.

3. Does Cheshire Constabulary have any plans to introduce retrospective facial recognition?

4. If so, please provide all information relating to those plans.

Yours faithfully,

Elena Miucci

Freedom of Information, Cheshire Constabulary

Dear Requester,

 

We acknowledge receipt of your correspondence received 29/04/2022 00:00:00
which is being dealt with as a request for information in accordance with
the Freedom of Information Act 2000 or the Environmental Information
Regulations.

 

We are in the process of dealing with your request and will respond in due
course and in any case by 30/05/2022 00:00:00.

 

Please note if we require further details to identify and locate the
requested information we will contact you for clarification via email. If
clarification is required please be aware the 20 working day clock will
start the day the Constabulary receives the necessary clarification.

 

Please contact us by email at [email address] if you have
any further enquiries.

Regards

 

The Requests Team

Information Compliance

Cheshire Constabulary HQ

Clemonds Hey

Oakmere Road

Winsford

Cheshire

CW7 2UA

 

Tel - 01606 362384

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Requests,

Dear E. Miucci

 

 

I am writing to seek clarification on the request you have made under the
Freedom of Information Act Ref 15025. Can you please clarify in relation
to Q2 and Q4 what you mean by ‘all information’?  For example a DPIA (Data
Privacy Impact Assessment) or a local procedure.

 

Furthermore I would be grateful if you could clarify the types of Facial
Recognition that you are referring to, to assist I have included a link
below which provides an overview of the different types:

 

[1]terminology-overview.pdf (met.police.uk)

 

 

 

I await clarification to proceed with this request. If this is not
received in 40 days I will consider this request closed.

 

Please be aware that as clarification is required the 20 working day clock
will start the day the Constabulary receives the necessary clarification
from you.

 

Regards

 

Sandra Graham – Data Protection Advisor

Cheshire Constabulary and Cheshire Fire & Rescue Service Joint Corporate
Services

Clemonds Hey | Oakmere Road | Winsford | Cheshire | CW7 2UA

Phone: 01606 362384 | Email: [2][email address]

Visit [3]www.cheshire.police.uk | [4]www.cheshirefire.gov.uk

Follow [5]@cheshirepolice and @CheshireFire on Twitter

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Dear Requests,
I am referring to Overt LFR, RFR and OIFR.

Yours sincerely,

Elena Miucci

J Roberts left an annotation ()

Chief Constables’ Council

Title: National Biometrics Function and National Facial Recognition Project

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/8...

Initial analysis of the 2022 police survey returns
Published 14 November 2022

'Is your force operating Facial Recognition Technology?

'Only one force stated that it was using LFR (from the list supplied). Six had access to PND and two of those to CAID. One other mentioned access to Athena.'

https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...