Emerging Technology Charter & London Privacy Register
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Launched at London Tech Week in September 2021, the Mayor of London's Emerging Technology Charter sets voluntary principles — openness, respecting diversity, trustworthy data use and sustainability — for deploying technologies such as facial recognition, sensors and drones in public space. Its concrete deliverable, the London Privacy Register, went into public beta in August 2024 as an open-data catalogue of data protection impact assessments (DPIAs) for GLA-group smart-city projects. Early entries cover the Met Police's live and retrospective facial recognition, London Underground Wi-Fi data collection, the TfL Go app and ULEZ automatic number-plate recognition. The GLA says it plans to extend the register to boroughs and private landowners.
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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Emerging Technology Charter & London Privacy Register” — London, United Kingdom. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/london-privacy-register/ (last verified 2026-08-02). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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