The Scottish Government's plan to allow Police Scotland to deploy facial recognition technology to curb shoplifting and monitor individuals violating bail conditions has been met with criticism from international privacy campaign groups.
A coalition of rights campaign groups, including Big Brother Watch, Liberty, Privacy International, Open Rights Group, Race Equality First, Defend Digital Me, Statewatch, and Stopwatch, have written to Justice Secretary Angela Constance to stop the plans, expressing concerns that the technology undermines the presumption of innocence and could lead to widespread suspicion of innocent individuals. This comes after Scotland's Biometrics Commissioner Brian Plastow said there are certain circumstances where the "future use of such technology should be available to the Chief Constable as a strategic or tactical option for potential deployment".
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