Facial recognition technology is in the spotlight as the surveillance watchdog raises privacy concerns over its use by police forces. Are these new technologies making the country safer, or creating a new privacy nightmare?

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Fiona Hamilton, crime and security editor, The Times.

Tony Porter, former Surveillance Camera Commissioner for England and Wales.

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Facial recognition technology: A privacy nightmare?