South Wales Police is set to start reusing technology which was ruled unlawful in 2020.
The force had paused its use of the technology amid concerns over discrimination, but will resume in the wake of a report commissioned in conjunction with the Metropolitan Police.
It found there were minimal discrepancies for race and sex when the technology is used at certain settings.Liberty, which describes itself as "the UK's largest civil liberties organisation," said the technology was oppressive and had no place in a democracy. "Our ability to express ideas, communicate with others and engage in democratic processes will be undermined by technology such as facial recognition," said campaigns manager Emmanuelle Andrews.
"The expansion of mass surveillance tools has no place on the streets of a rights respecting democracy."South Wales Police chief constable Jeremy Vaughan said the study confirmed the software does not discriminate. "We're not going to just stick cameras out and look for whoever we want to at any given point in time," he said.
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