COUNTER-terror police are planning to harvest food delivery data to help catch criminals.
They also want to target taxi and car-share journeys and number plate details.
Counter-terror police are planning to harvest food delivery data to help catch criminals
Information from firms such as Uber Eats and Zipcar would be shared with cops across London as they combat terrorist threats, illegal immigration and organised crime gangs.
Police chiefs have a budget of £900,000 to develop a “communication exploitation data tool” computer programme.
It would “cleanse raw communications data, including radio frequency data, and transform it into standardised, usable format suitable for intelligence analysis”.
The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime, which sets the Met Police’s budget, said formats are likely to include “CSV, ANPR data, drone data, Zipcar records, Uber ride data, Uber Eats delivery data” and more.
A counter-terrorist police spokesman said: “Analysing digital data is a vital part of our work and we continually look to assess and improve the tools we have available to help keep the public safe.”
Cops would stick to strict legal and ethical guidelines.
Raids in the capital 18 months ago on 66 delivery riders for Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Just Eat recovered cash and weapons thought to be linked to crime.
Uber’s website says it would pass on details of any crimes to police but does not specifically refer to ride data.
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