https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/08/uk_secretly_allows_facial_recognition/
https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-releases/passport-searches/
… Big Brother Watch says the UK government has allowed images from the country’s passport and immigration databases to be made available to facial recognition systems, without informing the public or parliament. The group claims the passport database contains around 58 million headshots of Brits, plus a further 92 million made available from sources such as the immigration database, visa applications, and more. …
Update by TheRegister : “to reflect the Home Office’s explanation that it uses passport and immigration databases only for RFR, not LFR, and that police must request access to the passport database.”
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