A civil liberties group has said Hampshire police must 'urgently drop' a planned use of facial recognition tech set to help battle crime.
Big Brother Watch hit out as the force said it would use cameras to identify wanted people, track down offenders recalled to jail, find missing people and safeguard children.
For three days Hampshire police will use a van from South Wales Police equipped with a camera and tech that checks faces against a database of images used in the operation.
But Big Brother Watch said Hampshire Constabulary is "trampling over the public’s rights".
A spokesperson said: "Live facial recognition is a dystopian mass surveillance tool more commonly used in countries like Russia and China than in liberal democracies like the UK.
"Hampshire police are trampling over the public’s rights and liberties by using this Orwellian technology.
"This technology completely destroys our privacy and has serious problems with accuracy and bias.
"This year, Big Brother Watch launched legal action against the Metropolitan Police after their live facial recognition surveillance systems mis-identified an innocent member of the public."
"Hampshire police must urgently drop their plans to use this rights-abusive technology."
Southern Co-op has been previously criticised for using facial recognition technology to deter and detect shoplifters. More of this article (Southern Daily Echo) - link - more like this (security) - link
For three days Hampshire police will use a van from South Wales Police equipped with a camera and tech that checks faces against a database of images used in the operation.
But Big Brother Watch said Hampshire Constabulary is "trampling over the public’s rights".
A spokesperson said: "Live facial recognition is a dystopian mass surveillance tool more commonly used in countries like Russia and China than in liberal democracies like the UK.
"Hampshire police are trampling over the public’s rights and liberties by using this Orwellian technology.
"This technology completely destroys our privacy and has serious problems with accuracy and bias.
"This year, Big Brother Watch launched legal action against the Metropolitan Police after their live facial recognition surveillance systems mis-identified an innocent member of the public."
"Hampshire police must urgently drop their plans to use this rights-abusive technology."
Southern Co-op has been previously criticised for using facial recognition technology to deter and detect shoplifters. More of this article (Southern Daily Echo) - link - more like this (security) - link
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