‘Proper regulation’ needed for UK biometrics use, outgoing Commissioner argues

The data protection framework through which the United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner’s Office will oversee surveillance cameras and biometrics may be inadequate. This is the primary concern of the former Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner, as expressed in his final annual report.

Recently departed Commissioner Fraser Sampson’s annual report for 2022-2023 was submitted shortly before Sampson left the position, at the end of last October.

Emerging issues and new technologies get short shrift in the new allocation of regulatory responsibility, he …

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