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More than 130 official suppliers willing to sell cloned UK number plates, experts find

Exclusive: Academics warn abuse of system poses major risk to policing, road safety and critical infrastructure

The Guardian - UK

Valuable tool or cause for alarm? Facial ID quietly becoming part of police’s arsenal

Critics envision a dystopian future of live facial recognition cameras in England and Wales, but advocates point to the outcomes

The Guardian - UK

UK's outgoing biometrics commissioner highlights ethical and technical shortcomings

The outgoing U.K. biometrics and surveillance commissioner highlights ethical and technical shortcomings in government's approach to technology.

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Ex-commissioner for facial recognition tech joins Facewatch firm he approved

Critics say Fraser Samson hiring is ‘outrageous conflict of interest’ as monitoring technology is rolled out in UK high streets

The Guardian - UK

Britain is ‘omni-surveillance’ society, watchdog warns

Exclusive: Fraser Sampson says law is not keeping up with AI advances as police retain 3m images of innocent people

The Guardian - UK

Councils’ lack of knowledge about CCTV camera manufacturers ‘concerning’

The biometrics and surveillance camera commissioner said the findings of a newly published survey were ‘alarming’.

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Ministers ‘want facial recognition technology embedded in every day policing’

The Met used facial recognition technology during the Coronation but ministers are pushing for an expansion

Evening Standard

Ministers looking at body-worn facial recognition technology for police

Government’s intentions revealed in document produced for surveillance camera commissioner

The Guardian - UK

Alarm over 'ethical and security concerns' of surveillance cameras

The security issues of imbedded spyware are compounded when security cameras are linked with biometric software.

The Canberra Times

Police and Welsh Government to stop using CCTV cameras linked to China, reports say

The cameras are thought to be used by three Welsh police forces

Wales Online

British police forces ‘shot through’ with Chinese surveillance cameras, watchdog warns

UK should be as concerned about Chinese made cameras as spy balloons, warns watchdog

Evening Standard

Chinese cameras leave British police vulnerable to spying, says watchdog

Warning in surveillance commissioner’s report comes after Chinese CCTV cameras banned from government property

The Guardian - UK

Watchdog warning over police use of Chinese-made surveillance equipment

The findings come amid growing concerns about the threat of Chinese spy balloons which prompted the UK to review its security measures.

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Police in England and Wales botch more than 1,500 DNA samples

Officers failed to seal bags correctly in most of last year’s dud or lost samples, reports biometrics commissioner

The Independent UK

Ban on Chinese security cameras in ‘sensitive’ government sites

Order applies to firms subject to China’s national security law

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