questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department assesses the (a) ethical and (b) human‑rights context in which surveillance technologies developed by overseas companies were (i) developed and (ii) deployed before procuring such technologies.
answerText: On 4 December last year, the Government launched a public consultation on when and how biometrics, facial recognition and similar technologies should be used, and what safeguards and oversight are needed. The consultation has now closed and a formal Gover...
heading: Police: Technology