"The Home Office has formally opened a consultation on the use of facial recognition by UK police, saying the government is committed to introducing a legal framework that sets out clear rules for the technology. Initially announced by policing minister Sarah Jones in early October 2025, the 10-week consultation will allow interested parties and members of the public to share their views on how the controversial technology should be regulated."
"The Home Office has now said that although a "patchwork" legal framework for police facial recognition exists (including for the increasing use of the retrospective and " operator-initiated" versions of the technology), it does not give police themselves the confidence to "use it at significantly greater scale ... nor does it consistently give the public the confidence that it will be used responsibly""
The Home Office has opened a 10-week public consultation on police use of facial recognition and committed to creating a clear legal framework for the technology. The consultation, announced by policing minister Sarah Jones in October 2025, invites views from interested parties and the public on regulation. Police use of live facial recognition began with the Met at Notting Hill Carnival in August 2016 and has expanded rapidly with little prior public debate. Existing law is described as a patchwork that is complicated, hard to understand and undermines police and public confidence. The consultation will also consider other biometric and inferential technologies including voice, gait and emotion-detection systems.
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