Live facial recognition cameras to be used on UK’s busiest shopping street
The human rights organisation Liberty said if the technology is introduced there must be ‘full transparency’ over its use. Photograph: Ian Davidson/SOPA Images/ShutterstockView image in fullscreenThe human rights organisation Liberty said if the technology is introduced there must be ‘full transparency’ over its use. One organisation described the proposed introduction on Oxford Street as an escalation in routine public surveillance.
- ▪The human rights organisation Liberty said if the technology is introduced there must be ‘full transparency’ over its use.
- ▪Photograph: Ian Davidson/SOPA Images/ShutterstockView image in fullscreenThe human rights organisation Liberty said if the technology is introduced there must be ‘full transparency’ over its use.
- ▪One organisation described the proposed introduction on Oxford Street as an escalation in routine public surveillance.
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The human rights organisation Liberty said if the technology is introduced there must be ‘full transparency’ over its use. Photograph: Ian Davidson/SOPA Images/ShutterstockView image in fullscreenThe human rights organisation Liberty said if the technology is introduced there must be ‘full transparency’ over its use. Photograph: Ian Davidson/SOPA Images/ShutterstockSurveillanceLive facial recognition cameras to be used on UK’s busiest shopping streetSadiq Khan has indicated the technology will be deployed on London’s Oxford Street despite human rights concernsRachel HallWed 12 Aug 2026 08.22 EDTLast modified on Wed 12 Aug 2026 08.23 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleThe Metropolitan police are understood to be planning to use live facial recognition (LFR) technology on Britain’s…
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