Live facial recognition cameras explained - and where West Yorkshire Police use them

West Yorkshire Police’s deployment of live facial recognition (LFR) cameras at Leeds Festival later this month is not the first time the force has used the technology.

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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Plans to deploy permanent live face recognition cameras on Oxford Street have triggered claims from civil liberties groups that the move would be a step too far and a lurch towards a surveillance society. Metr