6+ hour, 27+ min ago  (861+ words) The Metropolitan Police are set to trial handheld facial recognition technology that will allow officers to conduct biometric checks on the spot, the Mayor of London has confirmed. Known as Operator-Initiated Facial Recognition (OIFR), the technology uses a mobile phone…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago  (1564+ words) A judicial review against the Home Office's electronic visa (eVisa) system will argue that the department's refusal to issue alternative proof of immigration status in the face of persistent data quality and integrity issues is unlawful. On 31 December 2024, the immigration…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago  (542+ words) The public sector pension outsourcing disaster continues to leave former civil servants facing financial hardship and keep them in the dark over a resolution. One retired civil servant, who is currently living off his dwindling savings due to pension delays,…...

2+ week, 17+ hour ago  (288+ words) In this week's Computer Weekly ezine, we dig into the tech issues affecting the Civil Service Pension Scheme, which have left some members in severe financial difficulties. We also sit down with Segro CIO Richard Corbridge to find out how…...

3+ week, 11+ hour ago  (1340+ words) Who is Danny - stock.adobe.com The British Transport Police (BTP) will deploy live facial recognition (LFR) technology at key transport hubs across London as part of a six-month "trial." The first deployment took place at London Bridge railway station…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (916+ words) The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA 2016), now 10 years' old, is seriously out of date. It provides the main legal framework within which the police, the intelligence and security services, and the courts access and use evidence in electronic form. Digital evidence…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (724+ words) Capita said it was "overwhelmed" by around 16,000 unread emails and 20 million database errors unexpectedly left to it by the previous supplier of the civil service pension administration. Following its takeover of the civil service pension scheme (CSPS) administration, Capita has…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (1282+ words) The Metropolitan Police's rapid "unchecked" expansion of live facial-recognition (LFR) technology is taking place without clear legal authority and minimal public accountability, says Green London Assembly member Zo" Garbett in a call for the force to halt its deployments of…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (856+ words) There is virtually nothing in the Metropolitan Police policy to constrain where it deploys live facial recognition (LFR), the High Court has heard during a judicial review into whether the force is using the technology lawfully. Brought by anti-knife campaigner…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1399+ words) A judicial review against the Metropolitan Police's use of live facial recognition (LFR) will argue the force is unlawfully deploying the technology across London, without effective safeguards or constraints in place to protect people's human rights from invasive biometric surveillance....