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Big Brother Watch
Incidents by year
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Incident records20
Aug 2026Live facial recognition trial launched at London Tube stationsBBChuddersfieldexaminerJul 2026London Police Facial Recognition Test Results in 173 ArrestsAdnkronosAffari ItalianiJul 2026London Police Deploy Real-Time Facial Recognition, Resulting in 2,500 ArrestsDeutsche WelleTelegraf.rsApr 2026UK High Court upholds Met Police use of live facial recognition despite misidentificationBBCMar 2026Essex Police Pauses Live Facial Recognition Over Racial BiasThe GuardianBBCSky News+4Feb 2026British Transport Police begin live facial recognition trial at London Bridge stationBBCLondon NowTech Digest+4Nov 2025Live Facial Recognition Vans Deployed in Yorkshire Police OperationsBBChuddersfieldexaminerOct 2025Met Police reports 962 arrests using live facial recognition technologyBBCSep 2025Sainsbury's begins facial recognition trial in UK storesBBCThe GuardianYahoo! FinanceAug 2025UK Human Rights Regulator Challenges Metropolitan Police's Live Facial Recognition PolicyBBCDaily Mail OnlineAug 2025Metropolitan Police plans to use facial recognition at Notting Hill CarnivalBBCThe Global HeraldSky News+2Aug 2025UK police facial recognition searches of passport and immigration databasesThe TelegraphPrivacy InternationalBiometric UpdateAug 2025Rotherham man wrongly accused of fraud after facial recognition errorbbc.co.ukbigbrotherwatch.org.ukJun 2025UK Police Live Facial Recognition Deployments Raise Privacy ConcernsBBCThe ScotsmanThe Herald+4Mar 2025Asda trials facial recognition in five stores to combat retail crimeYahoo FinanceTortoiseMar 2025Metropolitan Police installs UK's first permanent facial recognition cameras in Croydonthetimes.comYahooDaily Mail Online+4Dec 2024Welsh police launch facial recognition app despite privacy concernsBBCBiometric UpdateDec 2024UK Police Use Real-Time Facial Recognition to Arrest Over 500 IndividualsBFMTVLa Libre.beLa Voix du Nord+3Nov 2024UK government contracts AI firm to monitor social mediaThe Telegraphuk.news.yahoo.comOct 2024Met Police live facial recognition pilot in Croydon leads to 103 arrestsThe IndependentMail Online