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Across the world facial recognition technologies (FRT) are increasingly being deployed in public and private spaces without adequate laws or regulation to protect individuals from the grave risks they pose to human rights. States rely more and more on this technology for public mass surveillance, enabling an authoritarian omnipresence over people’s activities, movements, and expressions at all times, often without them knowing.Over the past few years we have raised concerns about the rapid…
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Privacy International’s submissions for the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration inspection of the Home Office Satellite Tracking Service Programme
The Home Office have introduced 24/7 electronic monitoring and collection of the location data of migrants via GPS ankle tags. This seismic change cannot be overstated. The use of GPS tags and intention to use location data, kept for six years after the tag is removed, in immigration decision-making goes far beyond the mere…