https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/25/ukgovs_mass_collection_of_custody_images_is_unacceptable_say_mps/

The UK government's approach to deleting custody images of innocent people – in that it only scraps them on request – is unacceptable and possibly illegal, MPs have said.

In a report published today, the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee slammed the Home Office's attitude to its custody image database, and the weaknesses in police IT systems that stop the retention of these images falling in line with the law.