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Met Police Surveillance Exposes Data Requests Surge
The Metropolitan Police made a staggering 700,000+ requests to tech companies in 2025 to access private communications data, helping officers solve crimes, find missing people, and gather crucial intelligence. This massive surge in data requests highlights the force's growing reliance on digital information to keep London safe.
Met Police Deploys Surveillance Tech to Tackle London Shoplifting
The Metropolitan Police are testing a cutting-edge retail technology to combat London's shoplifting epidemic, and it doesn't rely on live facial recognition - but what does that mean for citizen privacy?