Published 2 months ago

UK Passport Images Database Could Be Used To Catch Shoplifters

The UK government plans to use the passport database and biometric systems to catch criminals, including shoplifters and burglars.
Civil liberty campaigners have criticized the plans, calling them an "Orwellian nightmare" and a violation of privacy principles.
Police forces have been ordered to search the passport database alongside the police national database to improve prosecution rates, but a new data platform is also being considered.

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The Guardian

UK passport images database could be used to catch shoplifters

Civil liberty campaigners warn Chris Philp’s plans to integrate databases are an ‘Orwellian nightmare’Britain’s passport database could be used to catch shoplifters, burglars and other criminals under urgent plans to curb crime, the policing minister has said.Chris Philp said he planned to integrate data from the police national database (PND), the Passport Office and other national databases to help police find a match with the “click of one bu…

2 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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Daily Mirror

UK’s passport database of 45 million people could be used to help catch criminals

Policing minister Chris Philp said he wants to created a shared database which will allow police to compare facial images from passports with CCTV, dashcam and doorbell footage

2 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Telegraph

Police to check all thieves caught on CCTV against passport database

Criminals to be cross-referenced against national databases as part of new zero-tolerance approach, says Chris Philp at Tory conference

2 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Sun

Passports ‘will be used to catch shoplifters’ – with criminals caught on CCTV to be compared with database of 45m people

PASSPORTS will be used to snare shoplifters caught on CCTV – by comparing their mugs to 45 million others on the database. Faces of burglars, car and bike thieves from Ring doorbells and dashcams will also be set against other government systems. AlamyThe move will be made possible by a full integration of police, passport and national databases – which are currently all separate[/caption] GettyPassports will be used to snare shoplifters caught …

2 months ago·United Kingdom

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Wales Online

Passport photograph database 'to be used by police to arrest shoplifters'

Chris Philp, the crime and policing minister wants to make the images available so criminals can be identified 'with one click'

2 months ago

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Sky News UK

Passports could be used to catch shoplifters in CCTV footage

Including passport pictures in the database poses a clear threat to privacy. But even aside from these concerns, the measures fail to address the root causes of the rise in shop theft and risk increasing the workload for officers.

2 months ago·United Kingdom

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