Powerful CCTV cameras which can track faces from more than half a mile away 'could breach

human rights laws' Surveillance commissioner says advances in CCTV technology are turning Britain into Big Brother society Andrew Rennison warns of a ' ublic backlash' unless ro er ste s are taken to regulate the cameras They are being rolled out across !" cities without members of the ublic being consulted# he warned By A$T%&$' B&$( P!B)*S%+(, --,./ 01T# / &ctober 2-32 4 !P(AT+(, 35,6- 01T# / &ctober 2-32 2./ View comments Powerful CCTV cameras which can recognise and track faces from more than half a mile away could breach human rights laws# a to 0overnment adviser has warned7 The !"'s first surveillance commissioner# Andrew Rennison# has issued a stark warning to the 0overnment by saying that advances in CCTV technology risk turning Britain into a Big Brother society7 %e warned of a ' ublic backlash' unless ro er ste s were taken to regulate the roliferation of 358mega i9el %( cameras with the otential to ick out a face and then match it against a database of images of wanted eo le7 :atched, The new CCTV cameras could breach human right's laws due to their advanced technology :atched, The new CCTV cameras could breach human right's laws due to their advanced technology ;uturistic, This gra hic shows how the advanced CCTV technology works ;uturistic, This gra hic shows how the advanced CCTV technology works 1r Rennison said the cameras are being rolled out u and down !" cities without members of the ublic being consulted7 <The technology has overtaken our ability to regulate it#= he told the *nde endent7 <*'m convinced that if we don't regulate it ro erly 8 ie the technological ability to use millions of images we ca ture 8 there will be a huge ublic backlash7 1ore777 Caught on camera, Shocking moment thug stam s on innocent teenager's head T+$ T*1+S as he lies unconscious in a street Attack of the drones over Britain's skies as %ome &ffice allows olice to use military8style unmanned aircraft 1issing Twitter hoa9 teen who osted a fake lea for hel online s otted waiting for a train on security camera <*t is the Big Brother scenario laying out large7 *t's the ability to ick out your face in a crowd from a camera which is robably half a mile away7= Research being carried out into automatic facial recognition technology by the %ome &ffice has achieved a >- er cent success rate and is still im roving# 1r Rennison said7 Big brother, 1r Rennison warns that the high definition cameras' ability to erform facial recognition is an intrusion into the ublic's rivacy7 This is a file icture of a 1etro olitan Police o erations room Big brother, 1r Rennison warns that the high definition cameras' ability to erform facial recognition is an intrusion into the ublic's rivacy7 This is a file icture of a 1etro olitan Police o erations room T%+ 0R&:T% &; CCTV *$ BR*TA*$ There are believed to be around 37?. million CCTV cameras in the !" At least .3# 5-- CCTV cameras are controlled by local authorities 1ore than 3--#--- cameras are installed in secondary schools and academies in +ngland# :ales and Scotland 1ore than 2-- schools use CCTV in bathrooms and changing rooms )ocal authorities have s ent .3.m on CCTV o erations in the ast four years

*t is thought Britain is home to 2- er cent of the world's o ulation of CCTV cameras The average )ondoner is ca tured on a CCTV camera more than /-- times a day %e is e9 ected to re ort back to Parliament with any concerns over how CCTV and automatic number late recognition systems are being used7 %is concerns were today echoed by civil liberties cam aign grou Big Brother :atch7 %owever# the organisation claimed 1r Rennison needed to be given more ower from the 0overnment to clam down on CCTV7 $ick Pickles# director of rivacy and civil liberties at the cam aign grou said, 'The Commissioner is absolutely right to warn about the risks of new CCTV technology7 '%owever# the %ome &ffice has undermined the Commissioner from the start by giving him absolutely no owers to do anything7 'Pro er regulation of CCTV needs someone to have the ower to ins ect cameras and unish those breaking the law7 *f the %ome &ffice is serious about this issue then the surveillance camera commissioner needs ro er owers to rotect our rivacy7'

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