[ad_1] The United Kingdom today announced(Opens in a new window) a controversial move expected since 2017: allowing Chinese manufacturer Huawei (which the government is calling a “high-risk vendor” rather than mentioning the company by name) to supply equipment for the UK’s 5G network. The decision sets out exactly how much of the network high-risk vendors […]
[ad_1] The facial recognition criteria police in the United Kingdom use is so vague that it could be used to target “literally anybody,” according to criticism from a senior MP. Sky News reports that it has seen internal documents from South Wales Police, the police force at the forefront of facial recognition technology in the […]
[ad_1] ‘The government is not yet in a position to decide what involvement Huawei should have in the provision of the UK’s 5G network,’ a UK officials says. Why? Blame Trump’s blacklist. July 23, 2019 3:30PM EST July 23, 2019 Whether or not UK telecom companies will be able to use Huawei technology in developing […]
[ad_1] The UK’s House of Commons’ Science and Technology Committee has called for the police and other authorities to halt facial-recognition trials due to concerns over the technology’s accuracy and inherent bias. “There is growing evidence from respected, independent bodies that the ‘regulatory [gap]’ surrounding the use of automatic facial recognition has called the legal […]
[ad_1] Britain has a close relationship with security cameras. London alone has one of the highest ratios of surveillance cameras per citizen in the developed world. Estimates from 2002 put the number of surveillance cameras in Greater London at more than 500,000; around 110 are used by the City of London Police, according to data […]
[ad_1] (blackdovfx / iStock / Getty Images Plus) In a post-GDPR world, it seems like data regulation watchdogs finally have some bite to their bark. In the past week, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)—a security authority in the UK—announced it would fine British Airways and the Marriott hotel chain $229 million and $124 million, respectively, […]
[ad_1] Huawei’s technology poses a potential security risk to the country, a UK watchdog group says. But it’s not because of any secret backdoors in the company’s equipment; the Chinese vendor simply has a shoddy approach to security. A special oversight board that reports to the UK government on the safety of Huawei’s technology found […]