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Biometric Registration Code of Practice

The Home Office is developing a new legal framework and code of practice for law enforcement use of biometric technologies, including facial recognition and similar identification systems. The consultation addresses equalities impacts, discrimination concerns, and options for regulating police and enforcement agency use of biometrics, with a draft code of practice for employers on right-to-work checks also under development.

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7 Aug 2023 | Committee report linked

The Information Commissioner’s Office should develop its existing draft guidance on “Employment practices: monitoring at work” into a principles-based code for designers and operators of workplace connected tech.

The Information Commissioner’s Office should develop its existing draft guidance on “Employment practices: monitoring at work” into a principles-based code for designers and operators of workplace connected tech. Type: conclusion | Number: 8 | Paragraph: 65 | Response status: under_consideration …

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28 Apr 2021 | Committee report linked

It is positive that the Government has negotiated successfully an agreement with the EU to provide for reciprocal access to biometric data (and in the future vehicle registration data) of suspected criminals. That will help UK law enforcement agencies and law enforcement agencies in connected EU Member States to identify terrorists and organised criminals. The Government should set out if, and how, it plans to use these arrangements to co-operate on sharing biometric data with Ireland in part...

It is positive that the Government has negotiated successfully an agreement with the EU to provide for reciprocal access to biometric data (and in the future vehicle registration data) of suspected criminals. That will help UK law enforcement agencies and …

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