Police

Privacy campaigners want to stop Amazon’s Ring doorbell police deal 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- August 2, 2019
The witness for the prosecution, yesterday PRIVACY CAMPAIGNERS FROM Fight for the Future have set up a petition, demanding mayors and officials step in to block a partnership between Amazon and the police. A Motherboard Freedom of Information request revealed that Amazon has partnered with at least 200 law enforcement agencies, providing footage from Ring
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VIP abuse inquiry: Police ‘should have realised accuser Carl Beech was lying’0
- BUSINESS
- July 30, 2019
Image copyright Crown Prosecution Service Image caption Carl Beech’s fake claims of abuse by senior figures led to a £2.5m investigation and suspects’ homes being searched Police officers involved in the probe into an alleged VIP paedophile ring should themselves be investigated, a former High Court judge has said. Sir Richard Henriques said police wrongly
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‘Rape cases dropped’ over police phone search demands 0
- BUSINESS
- July 23, 2019
Image copyright Getty Images Rape and sexual assault complainants say police have stopped investigating their cases after they refused to reveal up to seven years of phone data. Their accounts were compiled by privacy campaign Big Brother Watch, which is calling for more restricted searches of devices by forces in England and Wales. One said
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Home Secretary Sajid Javid supports police facial recognition trials despite human rights concerns 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- July 13, 2019
Civil rights groups have criticised automated facial recognition trials in the UK. (Stock photo) Home Secretary Sajid Javid has backed the use of automated facial recognition trials by police, despite concerns raised by human rights groups across the country. Javid claimed that the surveillance technology could help police to identify suspects in public places and solve crime
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ICO issues GDPR warning to police forces over facial recognition technology 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- July 11, 2019
The future of facial recognition in public? Image from Thoughty2/YouTube – 10 Conspiracy Theories That Turned Out To Be True Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has issued a warning to police forces, reminding them that live facial recognition technology is subject to GDPR. “Any organisation using software that can recognise a face amongst a crowd then
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Baby is seriously injured after being smacked in eye by golf ball in park – as police arrest man 0
- BUSINESS
- June 29, 2019
‘Blood was pouring down his face’: Screams as golf ball smacks baby boy in FACE leaving him seriously injured – sparking brawl between 20 people leading to arrest of 36-year-old man A man has been arrested after the three-month-old boy suffered the injury Happened on playground in Radley’s Park, outside Radley Court in Birmingham The
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