{"id":12585,"date":"2023-12-10T10:37:34","date_gmt":"2023-12-10T09:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/10\/ex-commissioner-for-facial-recognition-tech-joins-facewatch-firm-he-approved\/"},"modified":"2023-12-10T10:37:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T09:37:34","slug":"ex-commissioner-for-facial-recognition-tech-joins-facewatch-firm-he-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/10\/ex-commissioner-for-facial-recognition-tech-joins-facewatch-firm-he-approved\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-commissioner for facial recognition tech joins Facewatch firm he approved"},"content":{"rendered":"

Critics say Fraser Samson hiring is \u2018outrageous conflict of interest\u2019 as monitoring technology is rolled out in UK high streets<\/p>\n

The recently-departed watchdog in charge of monitoring facial recognition technology has joined the private firm he controversially approved, paving the way for the mass roll-out of biometric surveillance cameras in high streets across the country.<\/p>\n

In a move critics have dubbed an \u201coutrageous conflict of interest\u201d, Professor Fraser Sampson<\/a>, former biometrics and surveillance camera commissioner, has joined Facewatch<\/a> as a non-executive director.<\/p>\n

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\nCritics say Fraser Samson hiring is \u2018outrageous conflict of interest\u2019 as monitoring technology is rolled out in UK high streets
\nThe recently-departed watchdog in charge of monitoring facial recognition technology has joined the private firm he controversially approved, paving the way for the mass roll-out of biometric surveillance cameras in high streets across the country.
\nIn a move critics have dubbed an \u201coutrageous conflict of interest\u201d, Professor Fraser Sampson, former biometrics and surveillance camera commissioner, has joined Facewatch as a non-executive director. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Critics say Fraser Samson hiring is \u2018outrageous conflict of interest\u2019 as monitoring technology is rolled out in UK high streets The recently-departed watchdog in charge of monitoring facial recognition technology has joined the private firm he controversially approved, paving the way for the mass roll-out of biometric surveillance cameras in high streets across the country. …<\/p>\n

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