UK Biometrics and Surveillance Commissioner submits damning report as job extended
The UK government does not have a plan for oversight of biometrics and surveillance once the Office for the Biometrics…
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UK government moves against Chinese-made security cameras in public sector
The UK Government Security Group has instructed government departments to stop deploying security cameras provided by Chinese companies subject to…
Securing democracy requires trust, biometrics commissioner warns new UK taskforce
“As almost all of our technological capability is in private ownership, the people we trust (police, emergency services, local and…
UK biometrics commissioner has some words of caution for the information commissioner
The United Kingdom’s biometric surveillance commissioner has posted a “But have you considered…?” memo to another regulator that wants to…
‘Digital asbestos’: UK government departments are rolling back on contracts with Hikvision
Campaigners are increasing the pressure for the UK government to take action on Chinese state-affiliated surveillance equipment suppliers such as…
UK Government rejects Lords’ police inquiry’s biometrics, tech recommendations
The UK government has rejected the majority of the findings and recommendations from a House of Lords investigation into the…
UK Biometrics Commissioner offers praise, caution after gov’s police oversight reversal
The UK Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner Fraser Sampson approves of the government’s decision to not delegate oversight of police…
‘Hope’ in the UK that Chinese surveillance cameras will be ripped out of public networks
The China biometric surveillance story gets grimmer with every investigation, report and news story. Angst is growing among some in…
UK Biometrics and Surveillance Commissioner asks pointed questions of vendors
Biometric surveillance raises a whole series of questions about ethics and public acceptance that go far beyond data protection and…
Sampson talks ethics with Facewatch as biometric privacy concerns resurface
UK grocer Southern Co-op has expanded its use of live facial recognition (LFR) to 35 of its stores, The Daily…
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