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This page provides information about how live facial recognition is used by Immigration Enforcement to support its operational duties.
Launch of consultation on the use of facial recognition and biometrics in law enforcement accompanied by promise to better equip the police.
Published in January 2021 by the British Security Industry Association (BSIA), this guidance promotes ethical and legal use of Automated Facial Recognition (AFR).
This assessment explains the legal basis, safeguards, and privacy measures for using facial recognition to process biometric data.
Guidance on what to do if you get an email, telephone call or letter from someone pretending to be the Home Office.
Staff guidance on handling requests to conduct searches against the passport and immigration facial image databases.
A Market Exploration to find technological solutions for increasing the effective and ethical use of Facial Recognition within policing and other security agencies.
Case study from Advai.
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