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Ethical issues arising from public-private collaboration in the use of live facial recognition technology
Information on the governance, responsibility and the accountability of the Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group (BFEG) and its working groups.
Response to the Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group commissioning letter. The commission sets out the government’s work priorities for the period 2018 to 2019.
Letter from the Home Office Head of Identity Policy Unit, Alex MacDonald.
Letter to the Home Office outlining the Biometric and Forensic Ethics Group (BFEG) response to the review of the use and retention of custody Images.
Minutes of meetings of the National DNA Database Ethics Group
Three additional experts take up positions on the ethics group.
The remit of the Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group has been expanded to provide independent review of the use of large data sets by the department.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Letter from the Chair of Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group (BFEG).
The Biometrics and Forensic Ethics group (BFEG) is investigating the ethical issues in the use of Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology in collaboration between police forces and private entities.
The 2016 annual report of the National DNA Database Ethics Group (NDNADEG) was published on 30 October 2017.
Interim report of the Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group Facial Recognition Working Group, February 2019.
Commissioning letter to the Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group setting out work priorities for May 2022 to April 2023.
Seven members have been reappointed for a second term to the Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group.
The Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group (BFEG) is pleased to announce the reappointment of 3 of its existing members.
Commissioning letter to the Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group from its policy sponsor Alex Macdonald, setting out work priorities for the period 2019 to 2020.
The Home Office is looking for 6 new members to join the Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group (BFEG).
Four additional experts take up positions on the ethics group.
Sets out how our obligations relating to the management of personal data will be addressed by the civil servants that support the BFEG in the Home Office Science Secretariat (HOSS).
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