Facial Recognition Surveillance Debate
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Baroness Ludford
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Facial Recognition Surveillance
Baroness Ludford Excerpts(4 years, 9 months ago)
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Baroness Williams of Trafford
The noble Lord makes a very good point and I think I know to which cases he is referring. The police must be able to use the technology available for policing purposes, but within the framework I have just discussed.
Baroness Ludford (LD)
My Lords, the ICO statement of last Friday reiterated the call for the Government to introduce a statutory, binding code of practice, so there has been no change since October. Can the Minister tell us whether she believes the comment in the Statement, “The innocent should have nothing to fear”? Is she proud of that comment by the Government? It really is a complete red herring in terms of data protection and privacy rights.