Code of practice call over facial recognition

A code of practice should govern when police forces deploy facial recognition technology, the information commissioner has said. It comes after South Wales Police was found to have acted lawfully when a shopper complained his human rights were breached when he was photographed. An investigation by commissioner Elizabeth Denham has raised "serious concerns" over use of the technology. Ms Denham called on the government to introduce a statutory code of practice. Ed Bridges had brought a legal challenge after he was photographed shopping in Cardiff in 2017, and the following year at a peaceful protest against the arms trade.