Guidance

Applications for biometric retention: what you should know

How and when applications can be made to keep the DNA profile and fingerprint records of a person who has been arrested for, but not charged with a qualifying offence.

• From: Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner
• Published: 11 November 2013
• Last updated: 23 August 2024
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  1. 23 August 2024

     Office of the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner contact details updated.

  2. 26 October 2021

     Updated guidance and added HTML accessible version.

  3. 11 November 2013

     First published.

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This document explains how and when applications can be made to the Biometrics Commissioner to keep the DNA profile and fingerprint records of a person who has been arrested for, but not charged with a qualifying offence.

It explains what the process means for those individuals who are the subject of such an application and how they can make representations to the commissioner.