Facial Recognition Technology
Benefits
Enables identification of specific individuals for crime investigation and prevention of harm or death. The technology is used in a strict and targeted manner, helping to identify persons of interest while minimizing privacy concerns for the general public. For Live Facial Recognition, biometric data is retained for only a fifth of a second if no match is found, and deleted within 24 hours even for matches.
Details
- Tool name
- Facial Recognition Technology
- Organisation
- West Yorkshire Police
- Status
- live
- AI method (as recorded)
- Computer Vision
- AI method (normalised tags)
- Computer Vision
- Usecase
- Security and Monitoring
- Origin
- westyorkshire.police.uk
- Owning team
- West Yorkshire Police
- Date added
- Scrape date
- Source note
- The webpage explains West Yorkshire Police's approach to facial recognition technology, addressing common myths and misconceptions. The police emphasize that their use is governed by strict safeguard processes including Data Protection Impact Assessment, Community Impact Assessment, People Impact Assessment, ethics committees, and legal oversight. [Source]