Scotland’s watchdog sends fresh warning over storing biometric data on Microsoft cloud

Scotland’s data protection watchdog has requested that the Scottish police assess the security of storing biometric data on Microsoft's servers.

Biometrics ­Commissioner Brian Plastow wants more information on a platform called Digital Evidence Sharing Capability (DESC). A pilot project, it is testing easier access by police and court employees to images, CCTV footage and other sensitive data used in court cases.

Plastow warned that storing sensitive data of UK citizens on a cloud server run by a United States company …

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