Cheshire Constabulary
- Date 30 October 2023
- Sector Police and criminal justice
- Decision(s) FOI 43: Not upheld, FOI 45: Partly upheld
The complainant has requested various items of information relating to the use of facial recognition software, from Cheshire Constabulary. In its response to the request, Cheshire Constabulary said that some parts of a report assessing the performance of two software systems were exempt from disclosure under section 43 (Commercial interests) of FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that Cheshire Constabulary was entitled to rely on section 43 to withhold the redacted information.