The use of a facial recognition system has been ruled out in Wales

South Wales Police said it would not appeal the findings. The plaintiff stated that his identification of A.F.R.

caused him concern. The court upheld three of the five points of the complaint.

It says there are no clear guidelinesRegarding where AFR Locate can be used and who can be watched, the data protection impact assessment has been insufficient and system managers have not taken reasonable steps to determine if the software is racial or gender biased.

The appeal followed the dismissal of Bridges' case in the London High Court in September by two senior justices who concluded that the technology was not illegal.

The victim said he was delighted that the court agreed that facial recognition "clearly threatens our rights."

This technology is intrusive anddiscriminatory tool of mass surveillance. For three years now, the South Wales police have used it against hundreds of thousands of us, without our consent and often without our knowledge. We must all be able to use public spaces without being subjected to repressive surveillance.

Ed Bridges 

Bridges' face was scanned when he performedChristmas shopping in Cardiff in 2017 and during a peaceful gun protest outside Motorpoint City Arena in 2018. He claimed that it violated his human rights when his biometric data was analyzed without his knowledge or consent.

Liberty attorney Megan Goulding called the verdict "a major victory in the fight against discriminatory and repressive facial recognition."

It is time for the government to acknowledge the grave danger of this intrusive technology. Facial recognition is a threat to our freedom, it has no place on our streets. "

Megan Goulding, attorney Liberty 

Technology displays faces in the crowd by measuringdistance between objects, then compares the results to a “watchlist” of images, which can include suspects, missing persons, and persons of interest.

The South Wales Police Force has been using this system since 2017, predominantly at major sporting events, concerts and other major events within the security forces.

Law enforcement confirmed that Mr. Bridges was not of interest and was never on the watch list.

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