{"id":28520,"date":"2019-08-16T15:30:10","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T15:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/and-you-thought-the-cops-were-bad-civil-rights-group-warns-of-facial-recog-epidemic-across-uk-private-sites\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T15:30:10","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T15:30:10","slug":"and-you-thought-the-cops-were-bad-civil-rights-group-warns-of-facial-recog-epidemic-across-uk-private-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/and-you-thought-the-cops-were-bad-civil-rights-group-warns-of-facial-recog-epidemic-across-uk-private-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"And you thought the cops were bad&#8230; Civil rights group warns of facial recog &#8216;epidemic&#8217; across UK private sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Facial recognition is being extensively deployed on privately owned sites across the UK, according to an investigation by civil liberties group Big Brother Watch.<\/p>\n<p>It found an &#8220;epidemic&#8221; of the controversial technology across major property developers, shopping centres, museums, conference centres and casinos in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation uncovered live facial recognition in Sheffield&#8217;s major shopping centre Meadowhall.<\/p>\n<p>Site owner British Land said: &#8220;We do not operate facial recognition at any of our assets. However, over a year ago we conducted a short trial at Meadowhall, in conjunction with the police, and all data was deleted immediately after the trial.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The investigation also revealed that Liverpool&#8217;s World Museum scanned visitors with facial recognition surveillance during its exhibition, &#8220;China&#8217;s First Emperor and the Terracotta Warriors&#8221; in 2018.<\/p>\n<div class=\"promo_article\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/regmedia.co.uk\/2018\/10\/29\/shutterstock_train_crowdss.jpg?x=174&amp;y=115&amp;crop=1\" width=\"174\" height=\"115\" alt=\"crowds amass at london kings cross station\"><\/p>\n<h2 title=\"More unregulated creepycams blight London\">Plot twist: Google&#8217;s not spying on King&#8217;s Cross with facial recognition tech, but its landlord is<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2019\/08\/12\/facial_recognition_kings_cross_london\/\"><span>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The museum&#8217;s operator, National Museums Liverpool, said this had been done because there had been a &#8220;heightened security risk&#8221; at the time. It said it had sought &#8220;advice from Merseyside Police and local counter-terrorism advisors&#8221; and that use of the technology &#8220;was clearly communicated in signage around the venue&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson added: &#8220;World Museum did not receive any complaints and it is no longer in use. Any use of similar technology in the future would be in accordance with National Museums Liverpool&#8217;s standard operating procedures and with good practice guidance issued by the Information Commissioner&#8217;s Office.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Big Brother Watch said it also found the Millennium Point conference centre in Birmingham was using facial-recognition surveillance &#8220;at the request of law enforcement&#8221;. In the privacy policy on Millennium Point&#8217;s website, it confirms it does &#8220;sometimes use facial recognition software at the request of law enforcement authorities&#8221;. It has not responded to a request for further comment.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week it <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2019\/08\/12\/facial_recognition_kings_cross_london\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">emerged the privately owned Kings Cross estate<\/a> in London was using facial recognition, and Canary Wharf is considering following suit.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2019\/08\/16\/ico_privacy_kings_cross_probe\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham<\/a> has since launched an investigation, saying she remains &#8220;deeply concerned about the growing use of facial recognition technology in public spaces, not only by law enforcement agencies but also increasingly by the private sector&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Metropolitan Police&#8217;s use of the tech <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2019\/07\/04\/met_police_slammed_for_facial_recognition_practice\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">was recently slammed<\/a> as highly inaccurate and &#8220;unlawful&#8221;, according to an independent report by researchers from the University of Essex.<\/p>\n<div class=\"promo_article\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/regmedia.co.uk\/2019\/08\/15\/shutterstock_kings_cross_london.jpg?x=174&amp;y=115&amp;crop=1\" width=\"174\" height=\"115\" alt=\"Granary Square, King's Cross\"><\/p>\n<h2 title=\"ICO wants to know if AI surveillance systems in central London are legal\">&#8216;Deeply concerned&#8217; UK privacy watchdog thrusts probe into King&#8217;s Cross face-recognizing snoop cam brouhaha<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2019\/08\/16\/ico_privacy_kings_cross_probe\/\"><span>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Silkie Carlo, director of Big Brother Watch, said: &#8220;There is an epidemic of facial recognition in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The collusion between police and private companies in building these surveillance nets around popular spaces is deeply disturbing. 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