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Location
United Kingdom, Scotland
Mentions in press and media 8
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| Mar 23, 2026 | Police Scotland Considers Facial Recognition Rollout Amid Human Rights Concerns | The UK Government states that Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology uses live video footage of people passing an LFR camera in a public place and compares their images to a specific list of people wanted by the police (known as a watchli... |
| Oct 14, 2025 | SNP Votes to Block Police Scotland’s Facial Recognition Plans | A resolution banning Police Scotland’s unfettered use of Live Facial Recognition (LFR) has been passed by the SNP at its annual conference. The resolution, brought by Erin Lux, opposed the implementation of LFR by the force without legislat... |
| Feb 7, 2020 | Facial Recognition Has Its Eye on the U.K. | In the United Kingdom, there is an “eye in the sky” surveilling people on the street—and soon it may know their names. Human rights organizations such as Big Brother Watch and Liberty, as well as British parliamentarians, are challenging wh... |
| Feb 4, 2019 | DIGIT Deal Roundup January 2019 | Funding Mocean Energy and AWS Ocean Energy Edinburgh-based Mocean Energy and Inverness-based AWS Ocean Energy have been jointly granted £7.7 million in funding from Wave Energy Scotland to build and test wave energy machines. The research a... |
| Jun 7, 2018 | Scottish Police Authority Tendering for New Communications System | The Scottish Police Authority has announced that it is looking to contract a provider to implement and maintain a £4.6 million National Integrated Communication Control System (ICCS) for Police Scotland. The SPA’s aim, outlined in Police Sc... |
| Oct 8, 2014 | Stop poking us! Cops say Facebook arguments hinder crime solving | Petty Facebook rows are preventing police from "reducing and detecting crime", according to a policing team in Wiltshire, UK. A sergeant for the neighborhood policing teams of Wootton Bassett, Malmesbury and Cricklade has urged pe... |
| Apr 12, 2011 | Fearsquare: If You Knew the Crime Stats, Would You Still Go There? | Whether it’s PleaseRobMe, the site that aggregated people’s publicly-shared check-ins, or Creepy, the app that aggregates public check-ins and photos, location-based services hit on a nerve. But what if they could be used to show us persona... |
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FAQ about The SPA
What has the press written about The SPA?
Parsers VC has collected 8 articles mentioning The SPA, among them “Police Scotland Considers Facial Recognition Rollout Amid Human Rights Concerns” (Mar 23, 2026) and “SNP Votes to Block Police Scotland’s Facial Recognition Plans” (Oct 14, 2025).
Is The SPA still active?
Yes, The SPA is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 7, 2026.