By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner The more that the police can do with biometric technology,…
Articles By Fraser Sampson
Professor Fraser Sampson is a longtime Biometric Update columnist. He is the former UK Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner, Professor of Governance and National Security at CENTRIC, non-executive director at Facewatch, strategic advisor to the Alan Turing Institute's Centre for Emerging Technology and Security (CETaS). He is also the author of the Springer Nature book How AI-Driven Surveillance is Changing our World: Do Robots Have the Right to Remain Silent?, which explores the legal, ethical and societal implications of AI-driven surveillance.
How domestic technology is normalizing biometric surveillance
What new device is this describing? – “The [Pro] has radar-based motion tracking, which gives you a trace of a…
Born bad – can biometrics decode criminality?
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner As we look to facial recognition and other biometrics to…
Within line of sight – personal issue police drones are on the horizon
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner The announcement by the Metropolitan Police Service that they are…
From body cams to subdermals – what’s next for wearable biometrics?
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner Innovative technology becomes de rigueur quickly – for an example…
Crime mapping in the AI era: why transparency still matters
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner It’s almost 20 years since colleagues at West Yorkshire Police…
Police use of AI ‘outrageous and unforgivable privacy invasion’ – say the police
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner Condemnation of police forces deploying ‘opaque and untested’ surveillance tools…
Certainty vs flexibility – does the UK need a Biometric Surveillance Act?
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner Last week London became a city of two tales. Two…
Ghost Murmur whispers the arrival of zoemetrics
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner There are two things about biometrics that make it an…
Just because they can – the biometric conundrum for law enforcement
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner They could have done more but didn’t’. That’s an unpolished…
