organization:south wales police

Office worker launches UK’s first police facial recognition legal action
▻https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/may/21/office-worker-launches-uks-first-police-facial-recognition-legal-action

Ed Bridges, from Cardiff, says ‘intrusive’ technology is used on thousands of people An office worker who believes his image was captured by facial recognition cameras when he popped out for a sandwich in his lunch break has launched a groundbreaking legal battle against the use of the technology. Supported by the campaign group Liberty, Ed Bridges, from Cardiff, raised money through crowdfunding to pursue the action, claiming the suspected use of the technology on him by South Wales police (...)

#CCTV #biométrie #procès #facial #vidéo-surveillance #surveillance #Liberty

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92% false positive rate for police facial recognition system.
▻http://www.statewatch.org/news/2018/may/wales-police-face-recog.htm

"A police force has defended its use of facial recognition technology after it was revealed that more than 2,000 people in Cardiff during the 2017 Champions League final were wrongly identified as potential criminals.
South Wales police began trialling the technology in June last year in an attempt to catch more criminals. The cameras scan faces in a crowd and compare them against a database of custody images.

As 170,000 people arrived in the Welsh capital for the football match between Real Madrid and Juventus, 2,470 potential matches were identified.

However, according to data on the force’s website, 92% (2,297) of those were found to be “false positives”.

South Wales police admitted that “no facial recognition system is 100% accurate”, but said the technology had led to more than 450 arrests since its introduction. It also said no one had been arrested after an incorrect match.

Facial recognition tech used by UK police is making a ton of mistakes
▻https://www.wired.co.uk/article/face-recognition-police-uk-south-wales-met-notting-hill-carnival

South Wales Police, London’s Met and Leicestershire have all been trialling automated facial recognition in public places. But a lack of legal oversight exists around the technology At the end of each summer for the last 14 years, the small Welsh town of Porthcawl has been invaded. Every year its 16,000 population is swamped by up to 35,000 Elvis fans. Many people attending the yearly festival look the same : they slick back their hair, throw on oversized sunglasses and don white flares. (...)

#CCTV #biométrie #facial #vidéo-surveillance #surveillance #erreur #sport

Welsh police wrongly identify thousands as potential criminals
▻https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/may/05/welsh-police-wrongly-identify-thousands-as-potential-criminals

South Wales force defends use of facial recognition technology at 2017 Champions League final A police force has defended its use of facial recognition technology after it was revealed that more than 2,000 people in Cardiff during the 2017 Champions League final were wrongly identified as potential criminals. South Wales police began trialling the technology in June last year in an attempt to catch more criminals. The cameras scan faces in a crowd and compare them against a database of (...)

#algorithme #CCTV #biométrie #facial #sport #surveillance #vidéo-surveillance

UK police arrest man via automatic face recognition tech
▻https://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2017/06/police-automatic-face-recognition

Camera-equipped van in South Wales apparently spotted man whose face was in a database. Automatic facial recognition (AFR) technology has been used to arrest a man, the South Wales Police told Ars. While AFR tech has been trialled by a number of UK police forces, this appears to be the first time it has led to an arrest. South Wales Police didn’t provide details about the nature of the arrest, presumably because it’s an ongoing (...)

#NEC #biométrie #facial #vidéo-surveillance #surveillance