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September 21, 2021 | Organisational Information

Reference: F-2021-02541

Request

Request 1

If your police force uses 'super-recognisers', what is the total number of identifications they made in the year 2020?

Request 2

Was there an increase or decrease (and by how many) in the number of super-recognisers employed by your police force after August 2018?

Request 3

Does your police force believe that the facial identification process carried out by 'super-recognisers' for the purposes of criminal investigations or crime detection satisfies the definition of processing under the Data Protection Act 2018? If not, why not?

Request 4

Does your police force believe that the facial identification process carried out by 'super-recognisers' for the purposes of criminal investigations or crime detection amounts to an interference with Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights? If not, why not?

Response

Use of "Super-Recognisers" by PSNI