Chief Constable North Wales Police

The complainant has requested information about the deployment of Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology during a particular policing operation. North Wales Police (NWP) referred the complainant to information about the results of the deployment on its website. It said that other information it held was exempt from disclosure under sections 31(1)(a) and (b) (Law enforcement) of FOIA. It said it did not hold the remaining information specified in the request. The Commissioner’s decision is that NWP was entitled to rely on sections 31(1)(a) and (b) to withhold a small amount of operational  information about the deployment of LFR. He found that these exemptions were not engaged in respect of the remaining information it held. He was also satisfied that, on the balance of probabilities, NWP did not hold further information falling within scope of the request. The Commissioner requires NWP to disclose the information which the Commissioner has determined does not engage the exemptions at sections 31(1)(a) and (b) of FOIA.