UK Biometrics Commissioner resigns in anticipation of role’s elimination

UK Surveillance Camera and Biometrics Commissioner Fraser Sampson has stepped down. His emailed letter of resignation to Home Secretary Suella Braverman states that the functions of the two roles will be rendered irrelevant by the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill.

The Bill removes the responsibilities of the Biometrics Commissioner role and gives them to the Investigatory Powers Commissioner. This decision has been roundly criticized by Sampson and his predecessor in the Surveillance Camera Commissioner role, Tony Porter, as well …

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