PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Police: Biometrics (5 March 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the accuracy of reports that police forces have conducted searches of Clearview AI’s facial recognition database; and what assessment she has made of the legal basis for police forces to conduct such searches in the course of their investigations.

Asked by:
Darren Jones (Labour)

The use of suppliers and systems by the police to carry out a search of a database is a matter for the relevant police force, operating in accordance with the law.

Answered by:
Kit Malthouse (Conservative)
13 March 2020