Scotland is trying to regulate the police use of biometric technologies, including facial recognition. Brian Plastow, the country’s biometrics commissioner, has sent a final draft to the justice committee for […]

Britain’s Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner is praising the UK government for scrapping a plan that would have moved some police oversight responsibilities to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The […]

Fraser Sampson, the United Kingdom’s Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner, is encouraging government agencies in the UK to blacklist Hikvision when procuring new technologies. Hikvision is a camera manufacturer and […]

The UK’s Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner has spoken out strongly against a new College of Policing guidance for the use of facial recognition. The Authorised Professional Practice document suggests […]

The UK’s new Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner is breaking from his predecessors on the subject of facial recognition. In that regard, Commissioner Fraser Sampson told the Financial Times that […]

The United Kingdom government has combined the previously separate roles of Biometrics Commissioner and Surveillance Camera Commissioner, and has found someone to fill the new role. Home Secretary Priti Patel […]