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The government's response to the Biometrics Commissioner's annual report 2020.
Fraser Sampson Commissioner for the Retention and Use of Biometrics…
A quarter of the way into my term of office we now have a once-in-this-generation opportunity to reform the police use of biometrics and surveillance, build public trust and provide assurance of ethical practice and leadersh…
Consultation proposals relating to the Office of the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner.
Update on the status of the Biometrics Commissioner's annual report for 2020.
The Home Secretary has appointed Fraser Sampson as the government’s new independent Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Biometrics Commissioner statement on Counter-Terrorism Policing’s request to extend section 24 of the Coronavirus Act 2020 by six months.
Address given by Paul Wiles, Biometrics Commissioner, to the Westminster Forum.
Biometrics Commissioner statement on the use of symptom tracking applications, digital contact tracing applications and digital immunity certificates.
Update on the status of the Biometrics Commissioner annual report for 2019.
Paul Wiles, the Biometrics Commissioner, responds to the Metropolitan Police Service.
A response to the announcement by the Metropolitan Police that they will begin the operational use of Live Facial Recognition.
Biometrics Commissioner response to court judgment on South Wales Police's use of automated facial recognition technology.
Update on the status of the Biometrics Commissioner annual report for 2018.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Paul Wiles, Biometrics Commissioner, responds to the Home Office Biometrics Strategy.
The report provides details of the activities of the Biometrics Commissioner during 2017.
The Biometrics Commissioner has now presented his annual report for 2017 to the Home Secretary, under section 21 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (PoFA).
The report provides details of the activities of the Biometrics Commissioner since his appointment.
The government's response to the Biometrics Commissioner's annual report 2016.
Paul Wiles, Biometrics Commissioner writes about the use of Facial Recognition Technology at the Notting Hill Carnival.
The Biometrics Commissioner responds to the Home Office review into the retention and use of custody images.
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