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Hong Kong police to enable AI facial recognition on CCTV network this month
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Hong Kong police to enable AI facial recognition on CCTV network this month

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Hong Kong police will use AI facial recognition to reduce time spent reviewing CCTV footage for tracking target persons, with privacy rights stated to be protected.

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Hong Kong police plan to leverage AI facial recognition technology for reviewing CCTV footage to track down target persons.

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The force said the facial recognition technology was widely used by law enforcement agencies around the world and stressed that residents’ privacy rights would be protected.

“Leveraging AI [facial recognition] would cut the time we spend reviewing the closed-circuit television [CCTV] footage to track down target persons,” Eric Leung Ming-leung, senior superintendent of the force’s operations wing, said.

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  • What specific facial recognition system will be deployed?
  • When will the technology be implemented?
  • What specific privacy safeguards will be put in place?
  • What is the legal basis for this deployment?

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This article was originally published by SCMP Economy.

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