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WQ.411/2019
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE CHIEF MINISTER
BY DEPUTY K.F. MOREL OF ST. LAWRENCE ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 8th OCTOBER 2019
Question
Does any Government department or arms-length organisation possess and maintain a database of Islanders' faces for use in facial recognition systems for either overt or covert operations?
Answer
The Government of Jersey, nor any organisation acting on behalf of the Government of Jersey, have not used overt facial recognition technology on any of their sites and as such maintain no database for this purpose. The Government of Jersey and any organisation acting on behalf of the Government of Jersey, can neither confirm nor deny that any facial recognition technology has been used for covert law enforcement work or if any database is maintained.
Cost of Producing Answer
As a means of giving an approximate indication to the time and cost of producing an answer to a written question, it has been decided that answers shall include a cost, broken down by civil service grade:
This question has required a Civil Service Grade 15 minutes to produce, costing approximately £11.