Facial recognition used at thenDefence Procurement Research Technology Exhibition (DPRTE) on 27 March
Pippa King made this Freedom of Information request to South Wales Police This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear South Wales Police,
Under the Freedom of Information Act please provide the following:
As per this article https://www.thecanary.co/uk/2018/03/29/s...
1) Please advise where the sources images for the image reference database have come from that the real time facial recognition is referencing for the above event.
2) Please advise the criteria for the image collection of the database. I.e. the criteria for images to be selected.
3) Please advise how many images were on the database.
4) Please advise the amount (either in quantity or percentage) that came from custody images.
5) Please advise how you informed the public that real time facial recognition was being used on this occasion. This would include any information given on the day or prior to the event, i.e. in this please send any documentation given in any form via social media or leaflets on the day.
6) Please advise the criteria to decide to deploy real time facial recognition on this occasion. In this please supply any documents relating to this.
7) Please advise the total number of people stopped as a result of using the facial recognition system, the reasons why they were stopped and the number of arrests made.
8) Please advise how many people attended the event.
9) Please provide the Privacy Impact Assessment for the real time facial recognition technology and the slow time static face search technology.
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
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Byddwn yn ateb gohebiaeth a dderbynnir yn Gymraeg yn Gymraeg ac ni fydd
gohebu yn Gymraeg yn arwain at oedi.
South Wales Police welcomes receiving correspondence in Welsh and English.
Any correspondence received in Welsh will be answered in Welsh and
corresponding in Welsh will not lead to a delay in responding.
Dear South Wales Police,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of South Wales Police's handling of my FOI request 'Facial recognition used at thenDefence Procurement Research Technology Exhibition (DPRTE) on 27 March'.
A response to this request is overdue. Please either supply the information or conduct an internal review.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/f...
Yours faithfully,
Pippa King
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Received from ICO 9th August 2018: Case Reference Number FS50764308.
South Wales Police have been contacted by the ICO to reply to this Freedom of Information request.
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South Wales Police required to respond to the ICO letter requesting that information re the request is sent within 10 working days of receipt of their letter.
Latest 24th August 2018.
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No communications had from South Wales Police. ICO informed 29th August 2018 by email in order to gain a response to original Freedom of Information request sent to South Wales Police 4th April 2018.
Dear Ms King,
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Kind Regards,
Freedom of Information Team
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Ydych chi angen siarad gyda'r heddlu ond nad oes angen ymateb brys arnoch?
Ffoniwch 101 Gellir defnyddio'r rhif i roi gwybod am achos nad yw'n un
brys i unrhyw heddlu yng Nghymru a Lloegr.
Mewn argyfwng, ffoniwch 999 bob amser.
Do you need to speak to police but don't require an emergency response?
Call 101 The number can be used to report a non-emergency to any force in
Wales and England.
In an emergency, always dial 999.
Your views are important to us, please follow the link to complete a short
survey to help us understand the communities of South Wales.
English: [3]https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/BEFYK/
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Welsh: [4]https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/F26R0/
Mae Heddlu De Cymru yn croesawu derbyn gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg a Saesneg.
Byddwn yn ateb gohebiaeth a dderbynnir yn Gymraeg yn Gymraeg ac ni fydd
gohebu yn Gymraeg yn arwain at oedi.
South Wales Police welcomes receiving correspondence in Welsh and English.
Any correspondence received in Welsh will be answered in Welsh and
corresponding in Welsh will not lead to a delay in responding.
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Commissioner for the Retention and Use of Biometric Material Annual Report - January 2021 – March 2022
And
Surveillance Camera Commissioner Annual Report March 2021 – March 2022
February 2023
'84. More worrying is the reported use of images of people who, while having been arrested, have never subsequently been charged or summonsed, for comparison against Live Facial Recognition ‘reads‘ and watchlists. As I record in Part 2 of this report, the use of facial recognition technology by the police has become one of the most contentious areas of biometric surveillance, not just in the UK but globally .
Part 2 – Facial Recognition and AI
96. The objective of the event was to gain a better understanding of how facial recognition technology is perceived by society in a policing and law enforcement context. Speaking at the event were the Forensic Science Regulator, a senior lecturer from Sheffield University and representatives from the Biometrics Institute, the Information Commissioner’s Office, South Wales Police, and Big Brother Watch.
Appendix F: Facial recognition and AI'
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk...
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...
Live facial recognition technology guidance published
22/3/22
https://www.college.police.uk/article/li...
The Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner's response to the College of Policing APP on Live Facial Recognition - 6/4/22
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-b...
Chief Constables’ Council
Title: National Biometrics Function and National Facial Recognition Project - 30/9/21
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/8...
Who's Watching You? Report by Big Brother Watch - 7/2/22
https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/wp-conten...
'Police forces were reluctant to answer questions about any advanced capabilities, while some refused to say if they used Chinese brands at all'
The Guardian (15/2/23):
'British police are leaving themselves open to spying by Beijing because of their reliance on Chinese-made cameras, according to a report from the government’s independent watchdog on surveillance.'
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/f...
Fact Sheet on live facial recognition used by police Home Office 2019
https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov....
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Complaint sent to ICO 6th July 2018 re South Wales Police non response to the Freedom of Information request.