Following an investigation into how police use live facial recognition technology (LFR) in public places, the ICO found there is public support for police use of LFR. The ICO acknowledges that an appropriately governed, targeted and intelligence-led deployment of LFR may meet the threshold of strict necessity for law enforcement purposes.
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