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The Home Secretary has appointed Tony Eastaugh in accordance with the Governance Code on Public Appointments.
Form and guidance on self-certification for manufacturers of video surveillance systems (VSS).
An independent study warns that the plan to abolish biometrics and surveillance safeguards will leave the UK without oversight.
Letters to and from the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner regarding the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee report.
The Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner's role is to encourage compliance with the surveillance camera code of practice.
Guidance for local authorities on how to introduce a single point of contact for surveillance camera schemes.
This consultation sought views on the scope and clarity of a surveillance draft code of practice and its likely impact.
This notice sets out how the statutory obligations relating to the management of personal data will be addressed by the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner and his team (Office of the Biometrics and Surveillance …
The Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner writes to all chief officers of Police England and Wales about the use of drones.
The London Borough of Enfield has successfully achieved certification against the code of practice for their public space town centre scheme.
Thanet District Council are one of the first local authorities to get certification for CCTV, body worn video (BWV) and automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) surveillance cameras.
This accessibility statement applies to documents published by the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner.
This strategy contains information about the Surveillance Camera Commissioner's objectives and plans.
Police forces in the UK are shot through with Chinese camera technology, according to a survey by the Office of the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner.
The Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner's annual report
This guidance sets out points that installers and owners of CCTV systems should consider in relation to the 12 guiding principles in the surveillance camera code of practice.
This document is a sample version of the letter which should be sent by the responsible chief officer of police.
Correspondence between the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner and Dominic Raab about powers to keep the DNA and fingerprints of people arrested for domestic abuse and sexual offences.
Good practice and guidance for the police use of overt surveillance camera systems incorporating facial recognition technology to locate persons on a watchlist.
Fraser Sampson's keynote speech at the NPCC CCTV Conference 8 March 2022.
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