The Home Office Immigration Enforcement, overseen by the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner, is developing and implementing facial recognition technology for immigration enforcement purposes. The policy is currently active and subject to regulatory scrutiny, with guidance being developed on experimental methods, image quality standards for police national database searches, and age assessment checks.
In response to: Commissioner's response to the live facial recognition consultation
This assessment explains the legal basis, safeguards, and privacy measures for using facial recognition to process biometric data.
The legal mandate describes the authorities and legal powers governing Immigration Enforcement use of live facial recognition.
This policy outlines Immigration Enforcement’s strategic, operational, and legal framework for the ethical use of live facial recognition technology.
The commissioner's response to the Home Office consultation on a new legal framework for law enforcement use of facial recognition and similar technologies.
The standard operating procedures explains the requirements for setting up and deploying live facial recognition (LFR).
An equality impact assessment covers the considerations of this technology by Immigration Enforcement.
This document is the appropriate policy document for the Home Office.
This is the Home Office’s official policy document, created to meet its legal duties under Part 3 of the Data Protection Act 2018.
Home Office response to an ICIBI inspection of failed right of abode applications and referral for consideration of enforcement action.
This statement sets outs the Commissioner's position on the recent High Court judgment on the use of Automatic Facial Recognition technology by South Wales police.