A Bill to prohibit the use of automated facial recognition technology in public places and to provide for a review of its use
House of Lords
8 November 2019
The bill would ban the use of automated facial recognition technology in public places and set out a process to review how such technology has been used. It includes a moratorium on further deployments while that review is carried out.
The bill is at the second reading in the House of Lords and will move on to detailed examination in committee stages.
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First reading took place on 30 October. This stage is a formality that signals the start of the Bill's journey through the Lords.
Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the Bill - is yet to be scheduled.
The 2017-19 Parliament dissolved at the end of the 2019 Session and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
