• by Connor McBean
• General

Customers should think carefully about handing over personal data when ordering food and drink via their mobile phones, the UK’s body overseeing data privacy suggests. Venues should only ask for data that is “relevant and necessary”, the ICO said. “I think it’s too easy to upload an app and straight away put your name, email […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

Equalities and Human Rights Commission says use of automatic facial recognition and predictive algorithms by police is discriminatory, stifles freedom of expression and lacks a proper legislative framework Read via ComputerWeekly. 

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

ICO statement in response to an announcement made by the Metropolitan Police Service on the use of live facial recognition Read via ICO. 

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM News

Police are to begin using facial recognition technology, despite privacy concerns. The Metropolitan Police Service has announced today, Friday, 24 January, that it will begin the operational use of Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology.   Read more via The Met Police. 

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

The number of London councils reporting lost or stolen mobile computing devices has more than doubled over the past three financial years, according to new Freedom of Information (FOI) data. Read via InfoSecurityMag. 

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM News

South Wales Police has announced that it will be deploying facial recognition technology at the upcoming Premier League football match between Cardiff City FC and Swansea City FC at Cardiff City Stadium this Sunday, 12 January. Read via InfoSecurityMag.