Laws on police facial recognition aren't tough enough, UK data watchdog barrister tells Court of Appeal

Laws on police facial recognition aren't tough enough, UK data watchdog barrister tells Court of Appeal

Paolo Paradiso / Shutterstock.com



A top judge told a barrister for the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) today that his legal arguments against police facial-recognition technology face "a great difficulty" as he wondered whether they were even relevant to the case.


Sir Terence Etherton, the Master of the Rolls and president of the Court of Appeal, stopped Gerry Facenna QC at the beginning of his legal submissions this morning to question their relevance.


"I think that this line of submissions faces a great difficulty," the Master of the Rolls told the ICO's barrister. "Effectively, as I understand these submissions on behalf of the Information Commissioner, it's not addressing the question... You're talking about compliance with the legal framework whereas what was in issue before, and the essence of ground 1, ..

Support the originator by clicking the read the rest link below.