{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/771299.json"},"data":{"type":"petition","id":771299,"attributes":{"action":"Introduce primary legislation governing police use of Live Facial Recognition","background":"Police are deploying Live Facial Recognition without primary legislation, parliamentary debate or democratic mandate. This reverses the presumption of innocence. We call on Government to pause deployments and introduce proper legal safeguards now.","additional_details":"Unlike CCTV, LFR processes every face, regardless of suspicion, reversing the presumption of innocence. The Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner confirms facial recognition “by definition compromises human rights” and urgently requires primary legislation with independent oversight. Without it, police forces write their own rules and future govts inherit unconstrained powers. Extraordinary state capability requires extraordinary democratic legitimacy before it becomes irreversible.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":8,"created_at":"2026-05-31T21:53:16.954Z","updated_at":"2026-07-22T10:25:17.691Z","rejected_at":"2026-07-22T10:25:04.896Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-06-04T19:05:50.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":{"code":"no-action","details":"Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action. \r\n \r\nWe're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. We're uncertain what specifically you would like your proposed legislative framework to do, for example what kind of restrictions you may want to see on use of Live Facial Recognition, and in which ways you would like this legislation to go further than existing data protection legislation.\r\n \r\nYou could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do. For example, you could start a petition asking to ban live facial recognition, or to restrict its use to specified circumstances, if that's something you would like to see."},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}