[privacy] UK: Police to Develop National Facial Recognition Database

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via C|Net News.

[snip]

Police are looking at developing a national system that will use facial recognition technology to automatically 
identify individuals caught on video cameras.

The plans are part of the Police IT Organisation's (Pito) final business plan before it becomes part of the newly 
created National Police Improvement Agency next year.

The video recognition system will link into a national police database, called Find, for storing and transmitting 
facial images of criminals and their history. The service will also make the images and information available in mobile 
format to police officers on the beat, along with mobile fingerprint checking capability.

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More:
http://news.com.com/2100-7348_3-6075464.html

- ferg


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