Scottish biometrics commissioner objects to proposals to abolish position of UK counterpart

Dr Brian Plastow, the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner has objected to proposals to abolish the position of Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner for England and Wales, saying that in the event of its removal police may be given “carte blanche to do whatever they like in the biometrics space.”

Plastow went on to outline fears around the “chilling effect of rolling out mass public space surveillance” and of police forces “transgressing any ethical boundaries.”

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