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Hundreds of thousands of customers of Bunnings, Australia’s dominant hardware retailer, were scanned without their knowledge.
Once something is classified under “national security,” it cannot be monitored, leading to a ‘lawless’ situation in Hong Kong, said the spokesperson.
The minister wrote to police chiefs across England and Wales, urging them to routinely use the technology to match suspects against databases.
The First-tier Tribunal ruled that the Information Commissioner’s sanction against U.S.-based Clearview AI over the storing of UK data is unlawful.
A group of MPs and peers, supported by 31 charities and pressure groups, have called for a moratorium on live facial recognition surveillance.
Policing minister says use of the technology is currently being investigated, but security experts are sceptical of its use in preventing sexual attacks.
Government will roll out Operation Pegasus after getting the big supermarkets onboard to pass CCTV images of shoplifters onto the Police National Database.
