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Anne Studd QC comments for The Telegraph regarding the use of facial recognition technology by police forces following important ruling in R (Bridges) v Chief Constable of South Wales Police

12 August 2020

Yesterday, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in the appeal against the Divisional Court’s decision in R (Bridges) v Chief Constable of South Wales Police [2020] 1 WLR 672. The Court of Appeal ruled that he use of facial recognition technology by police was unlawful and did interfere with privacy and data protection laws.

Anne Studd QC comments on the implications of this in The Telegraph.

To read the full article from BBC news, please click here
To read 5 Essex’s Courts news item on this case, please click here
To read the judgement, please click here

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