Privacy Matters: ethical use of data and technologies guidance

n August 2024 the UK College of Policing (CoP) announced they were consulting on new guidance for data ethics and data driven technologies in policing. As part of the consultation the College asked for feedback on two new authorised professional practices (APP) on data ethics and data-driven technologies. PI provided a response in writing to the CoP on their APP on data ethics and data-driven technologies only.

In PI's response, "we highlighted that we are aware that UK police forces are using a range of data-driven technologies are already deploying certain technologies including live facial recognition technology ("FRT"), drones, mobile phone extraction, social media monitoring and may be using IMSI catcher. Whislt we recognise that the CoP are developing this guide to ensure police procure, deploy and implement these data driven technologies in line with existing laws and standards, our view is that current regulatory instruments DO NOT provide sufficient safeguards, oversight and accountability for the deployment of certain data-driven technologies. Considering this, our submission simply notes two high-level concerns: FIRST, we provide detail on our concerns relating to the legislative void and SECOND, the application of the APP to existing deployments."