UK extends facial recognition to civil immigration offences

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UK Immigration Enforcement is set to start deploying live facial recognition technology, but critics are concerned about the expansion of its biometric surveillance into non-criminal matters away from ports of entry, especially in light of underlying issues with the integrity of Home Office data

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• T2UK extends facial recognition to civil immigration offencesEurope/UK: Tech.eu / Sifted / TNW / Silicon Republic / UKTN / Computer Weekly / heise / Golem / t3n / Maddyness / FrenchWeb30 Oct, 11:35