UK Secretly Allows Facial Recognition Scans of Passport, Immigration Databases

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By msmashAug 8, 2025, 11:21 am105 pts
An anonymous reader shares a report: Privacy groups report a surge in UK police facial recognition scans of databases secretly stocked with passport photos lacking parliamentary oversight. Big Brother Watch says the UK government has allowed images from the country's passport and immigration databases to be…

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