Expanding facial recognition without proper safeguards in place puts our rights on the back foot. We should be able to walk down the street without being ID’d at every step. The UK Parliament must wake up and halt the march of this tech with its questionable accuracy.
BBC News
Facial recognition could be used more by police under plans
The Home Office hopes a new public consultation will lead to new laws expanding the use of the technology by more police forces.
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Say No to Digital ID 🚫 Nearly 3 million people signed the petition against Digital ID. Next Monday, MPs will debate this 4th largest petition in British history. Tell your MP to attend the debate and stop digital surveillance. Use our tool ⬇️
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Tell your MP to attend the debate on digital IDs
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Fail, fail and fail again... The UK Information Commissioner's Office has issued a weak reprimand to the Post Office for publishing the identities of Horizon’s victims. The ICO's failure to enforce data protection law adds insult to injury for the victims of this scandal. Read our response ⬇️
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The ICO Fails to Take Action over the Post Office Horizon Scandal
The ICO has just applied its public sector approach and issued a reprimand to the Post Office for their Horizon IT scandal data breach.
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At a whopping £1.8 billion, Digital ID is costly to the UK taxpayer and our rights. This divisive scheme wasn't on Labour’s manifesto. It’s the last thing this government should be embarking on during a cost of living crisis. The whole thing needs to be binned.
UK digital ID plan gets a price tag at last – £1.8B
: OBR says the scheme will cost £600M a year with no identified savings
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How did the ICO treat the most serious data breach in UK history? They did nothing. The failure to investigate the Ministry of Defence for leaking data on over 19,000 Afghans is the final straw for this weak regulator. ORG has led the call for an inquiry ⬇️
UK privacy regulator has seen ‘collapse in enforcement activity,’ rights coalition says
More than 70 civil liberties advocacy groups, academics and legal experts are calling for an investigation into a “collapse in enforcement activi...
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Police tech doesn't predict crime. It predicts policing. Fed on flawed police data, so-called 'crime-predicting' tech automates racism and discrimination against overpoliced communities. The Safety Not Surveillance coalition spread the word that co-called 'crime-predicting' tech must be banned! Watch now ➡️
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Last week the Safety Not Surveillance coalition hit the streets of London. We sent the message that so-called 'crime-predicting' tech must be BANNED! Because we have the right to be presumed innocent, not predicted guilty. This tech fuels racism, enables unchecked police power and threatens all our rights. Ban it! Sign up for campaign updates ➡️
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Why is this important? The police say AI will make us safer. The truth? It automates injustice and racism. Predictive policing tools don’t predic...
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"A data regulator that fails to deter bad practices is not worth having." Rules only work if they're actually enforced. With the Information Commissioner's Office (UK), we've seen a collapse in the use of corrective powers when data protection laws are broken. We need an inquiry into this failing watchdog. Read more about our open letter signed by over 70 organisations and experts ⬇️
Calls grow for inquiry into UK data watchdog after MoD leak
: ICO accused of backing off oversight as fallout from Afghan blunder widens
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What’s data protection law got to do with the UK budget? Information security requirements contained within are key to growth. Just look at how the Jaguar Land Rover cyber attack hurt the UK economy. That’s why the data watchdog must start enforcing these rules properly.
BBC News
UK growth in third quarter slows after big fall in car production
The cyber-attack on Jaguar Land Rover hit manufacturing and weighed on growth in the economy, figures show.
 #Budget2026 #budget #UKbudget #reeves #dataprotection #cybersecurity #data #ukpolitics #ukpol