Privacy International's campaign, "The End of Privacy in Public," was launched as a way to allow UK citizens to ask members of parliament (MPs) about the ever-increasing use of facial recognition (FRT) in public spaces, and places in that country.
All the more so, since this - and by no means only this organization - spells out the situation as the UK essentially "sleepwalking towards the end of privacy in public."
The campaign that sought to contribute to changing this mindset by allowing constituents to ask the MP representing them whether or not facial recognition tech is deployed in their area - has not returned results that can cause much optimism.
The non-profit has come out with the responses, covering the period between November 2023 and June 2024. Spoiler: MPs are, by and large, ignoring or obviously skirting the issue.
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