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These FRT-enabled searches are an unchecked use of surveillance powers and an historic breach of the right to privacy. Find out more:

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⚠️ We are calling for an urgent moratorium on the use of the passport and immigration databases for the purpose of FRT searches. ❗ These searches have skyrocketed in recent years despite there being no legislation or policy in place allowing the use of these databases for FRT.

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Write to your MP to take action against the use of FRT in their local area.

We are disappointed that the Met has since rejected our demands and will continue to deploy this invasive technology despite the serious risks.

Further still, there is no legal framework in place for the use of FRT.

FRT can be inaccurate and biased, and has misidentified people particularly women, black people and people from other ethnic minorities.

Live FRT technology is a mass surveillance tool that treats all Carnival-goers as potential suspects interfering with their privacy and other rights.

Following news that the Metropolitan Police (the Met) will deploy live facial recognition technology (FRT) at Notting Hill Carnival this weekend, we signed a joint letter to the Met Commissioner demanding they reconsider.

🚨 Freedom of Information requests reveal that the UK passport and immigration databases have been used by police for mass facial recognition searches without a clear legal basis, or the public or parliament’s knowledge. Find out more:

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We’re asking the Information Commissioner (ICO) to take action against the Home Office to ensure the protection of migrants and their rights.

These tools appear to have been deployed without sufficient safeguards to protect those subject to them raising concerns as to whether the Home Office is adequately complying with laws regulating the processing of personal data in the UK.

Both of these tools are seemingly being used to make life altering decisions about migrants including about their detention, removal from the UK, and electronic monitoring through GPS tagging.

And secondly, it can generate automated recommendations as regards whether an individual should remain subject to an ankle tag or be transitioned to an NFD.

In the first instance it can be used to generate an automated harm score which is used to set the minimum period an individual will remain subject to an ankle tag after which they may be ‘transitioned’ to a non-fitted device (“NFD”).

The second - the Electronic Monitoring Review Tool (EMRT) is designed to assist in the context of quarterly Electronic Monitoring reviews carried out by the Home Office to decide if GPS tracking remains appropriate.

The tool can also target specific groups based on 10 different filtering criteria including location. It is used on individuals who are subject to immigration control and are therefore liable for detention and removal.

These recommendations inform decisions related to detention, removal, denial of services, voluntary departure, referral to other government departments.