Edmonton police are testing out artificial intelligence facial-recognition bodycams without approval from Alberta’s information and privacy commissioner Diane McLeod .

Police say they don’t legally require what they describe as “feedback” from the commissioner during the trial or proof of concept stage.

But in an interview Wednesday on CBC's Edmonton AM , McLeod said they do.

“When you assess the pilot, it still has to go through the same process of privacy assessment,” McLeod said.

“There is no exception in the act for pilots. The law applies if you're collecting, using or disclosing personal information. You're subject to the law, no m atter what phase of your technology testing you're in.”

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