EFF and Civil Society Groups Call on Nottinghamshire Police to Halt Live Face Recognition

Filed by Dana Graviton

This week, EFF, along with Big Brother Watch, Defend Digital Me, Liberty, Open Rights Group, Race Equality First, Statewatch, and Stopwatch, wrote to Nottinghamshire Police Force in the UK raising concern about the proposed roll-out of live facial recognition technology (LFR), and called for its immediate halt. In particular, the letter highlights six concerns: LFR Is Not "Just Another Tool" Nottinghamshire Police has stated that “facial recognition is just another tool to fight crime.” But LFR