Correspondence

Home Office response on the retention of biometrics from convicted prisoners

Letter from the Home Office Head of Identity Policy Unit, Alex MacDonald.

• From: Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group
• Published: 20 December 2017

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Home Office response to the BFEG on custody images and biometric retention

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Letter from Alex MacDonald (Home Office) to Mr Christopher Hughes, Chair of Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group (BFEG)

This provides the Home Office policy response to ethical advice provided by BFEG (Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group) on:

• custody images reviews
• retention of biometrics from convicted prisoners until they are 100 years old

Published 20 December 2017