Impact assessment

Live facial recognition technology: data protection impact assessment (DPIA)

This DPIA covers live facial recognition software, hardware and associated operational processing.

• From: Home Office and Immigration Enforcement
• Published: 22 October 2026

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Live facial recognition hardware, software and deployment processing: data protection impact assessment

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Details

This data protection impact assessment (DPIA) is a redraft of the original DPIA Live facial recognition: data protection impact assessments (DPIA) template prepared for the live facial recognition proof of concept.

It details the steps taken by Immigration Enforcement to evaluate and reduce the data protection risks of live facial recognition, fulfilling UK GDPR accountability requirements and demonstrating compliance.

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