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The HSD Trendmonitor is designed to provide access to relevant content on various subjects in the safety and security domain, to identify relevant developments and to connect knowledge and organisations. The safety and security domain encompasses a vast number of subjects. Four relevant taxonomies (type of threat or opportunity, victim, source of threat and domain of application) have been constructed in order to visualize all of these subjects. The taxonomies and related category descriptions have been carefully composed according to other taxonomies, European and international standards and our own expertise.
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More trust in law enforcement to use facial recognition responsible than advertisers and technology companies
When examining the USA, a 2019 study by the Pew Research Center found that the majority of Americans surveyed “trust law enforcement to use facial recognition responsibly, but the public is less trusting of advertisers and technology companies.” 59% of those surveyed voted that it was acceptable for law enforcement to use facial recognition technology when assessing security threats in public spaces. In comparison, only 15% said that it was acceptable for advertisers to use the technology in public spaces to monitor responses to public ad displays.
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The Ada Lovelace Institute, an independent research body working to ensure that data and AI work for people in society, conducted the first national survey on the public opinion of FRT in the UK.10 The study concluded that “[t]here is no unconditional support for police to deploy facial recognition technology”11 to the extent that “55% of people think the government should limit police use of facial recognition to specific circumstances”.12 One third of research participants also stated that they “feel uncomfortable being presented with a scenario of police use of facial recognition technology”.13 Reasons given for the discomfort towards police use of FRT ranged from concerns about privacy, normalisation of surveillance technologies, lack of options to opt out or to consent and general lack of trust in police use of FRT ethically.14 These public opinions are not unfounded. An independent review of the MET Police use of FRT found that there was an inadequate legal basis for the use of the technology and a failure to satisfy the necessity requirement, and therefore a potential violation under fundamental rights law.15 When examining the USA, a 2019 study by the Pew Research Center16 found that the majority of Americans surveyed “trust law enforcement to use facial recognition responsibly, but the public is less trusting of advertisers and technology companies.”17 59% of those surveyed voted that it was acceptable for law enforcement to use facial recognition technology when assessing security threats in public spaces. In comparison, only 15% said that it was acceptable for advertisers to use the technology in public spaces to monitor responses to public ad displays. Interestingly, the study also found disparities among demographic groups with a comparatively smaller portion of young adults trusting facial recognition by law enforcement in public spaces. While this study demonstrates general support and trust for law enforcement use of FRT, 40% of those surveyed do not trust law enforcement to use FRT responsibly.
