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French national police have been illegally using the Israeli facial recognition software Briefcam since 2015, the French investigative media Disclose reported on Tuesday (14 November). The use of facial recognition software by law enforcement authorities is prohibited in France. Although still forbidden, this disposition has recently been more flexible for trial purposes in the context of the upcoming Paris Olympic Games in 2024. “In 2015, [French] law enforcement authorities secretly acquired a video surveillance image analysis software from the Israeli company Briefcam. For eight years, the Ministry of the Interior has concealed the usage of this tool, which enables the use of facial recognition,” states the article by Disclose. Disclose says it had access to internal emails and documents from the French national police, which constitute proof of using Briefcam without sufficient legal basis. Euractiv approached the French data privacy watchdog (CNIL), the French Digital Ministry, the Ministry of the Interior and the general directorate of the national police (DGPN) for comment, but no response was provided at the time of publication. Alleged legal breaches If confirmed, the usage of Briefcam would breach the French Informatics and Freedom law updated in 2019, stating that it is forbidden to “use any biometric identification system, [or] process any biometric data, and […] implement any facial recognition techniques”. This prohibition stems from the 2018 enforcement of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which states that processing of all biometric data is prohibited, including facial images.

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Israeli software, no doubt sold with the promise of automatically tagging all Arabs in a specific area.

I'll be generous and said the system was purchased after the Paris terrorist attacks in November 2015. It's done nothing to prevent the 37 incidents that have happened since, in quite a few cases where the suspects were known to the cops.

More than 5,000 acres of railway land in Sindh remain illegally occupied. Over 5,000 acres of Pakistan Railways (PR) land has been infringed upon in Sindh and has been used for residential, commercial, and agricultural purposes by various individuals, groups, and even business organizations for many years.

It was shown during the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Railways meeting, held at the City Station’s divisional superintendent’s office.

Tuesday’s session marked the start of the committee’s three-day stay in the city.

The committee, chaired by Muhammad Mueen Wattoo, raised several issues and questioned railway authorities about service quality, punctuality, and the PR’s challenges.

Agriculture, commercial, and religious activities are conducted on encroached land.

DS-Karachi Hanif Gul briefed the committee on the current status of PR’s encroached land, noting that despite an aggressive anti-encroachment operation coordinated with law enforcement agencies, a sizable portion of PR’s property remained illegal use.

“The committee members were informed that the PR owned 45,663 acres of land in its Karachi and Sukkur divisions, with 39,759 acres in operational use,” according to a statement released following the NA committee’s visit.

“Approximately 1,810 acres of railway land has been encroached upon for residential purposes, 291 acres for commercial purposes, 2,968 acres for agriculture, and 112 acres for mosques and imambargahs,” the body was informed.

Drivers who parked in disabled bays using dead people’s blue badges fined hundreds of pounds

Original post from Disabled Go News ‘……….. Two drivers who used dead people’s disabled blue badges to park for free have ended up forking out hundreds of pounds in court fines. Angela Prophet, 68, from Birmingham, was caught parking in a disabled bay in Corn Square, Leominster, Herefordshire, using a badge issued to her father who died in 2007. Also appearing in court this week was 63-year-old…