Facial Recognition Technology (FRT)
Dear Sir / Madam,
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act:
• Has Facial Recognition Technology been used by your force in 2022 and/or 2021?
• If so, what was the name of the company (or any other entity) which provided the technology?
• Does the force have any plans to use Facial Recognition Technology in 2023 and/or 2024?
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Ben Quinn
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Dear Ben Quinn,
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Dear freedomofinformation,
Please initiate an internal review of this decision.
At the very please please also consider answer the questions with a view to clarifying whether the force uses or is planning to use overt facial recognition technology - as defined police guidelines. I can appreciate the need for more consideration of the covert use, for obvious security reasons.
Yours sincerely,
Ben Quinn
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Please see the attached response to your request for internal review in
relation to freedom of information request 111/23
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