POLICE can be sued over their use of live facial recognition technology, a watchdog said ahead of the controversial technology being used to police a protest for the first time tomorrow.

The Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner Professor William Webster warned the system, set to be used by all police forces in England and Wales, is not “fool proof.”

He said that “misidentified” members of the public could sue the police for breaching their fundamental rights including privacy, freedom of movement and freedom of association.

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