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UK commissioner says police power to collect biometrics in investigations underutilized
June 30, 2023, 4:36 p.m. | Alessandro Mascellino
Biometric Update www.biometricupdate.com
The UK biometrics and surveillance commissioner, Fraser Sampson, is urging the government to increase its use of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act to collect and retain fingerprint scans and DNA samples gathered in investigations.
In a letter sent to Dominic Raab, secretary of state for justice, Sampson says a 2015 update to the Evidence Act, known as Section 63G, allows the police to collect biometric data while investigating certain offenses even when no when no one is prosecuted. …
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