Facial recognition begins creeping roll-out across London with installation on Kings Cross estate and Canary Wharf set to follow

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Question marks over GDPR opt-outs for facial recognition surveillance systems springing up across London

Despite calls to suspend police facial recognition trials, the technology is being rolled out across the Kings Cross estate in London, where Google is planning a major campus. And Canary Wharf G...

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