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December 2011 report on the quality standards required for fingerprint examination.
Guidance on the validation requirements of the search and comparison algorithm and the method in which it is deployed.
The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 Act was passed on 1 May 2012, find out how the act works for DNA and fingerprints.
The CDRN laboratory provides timely access to Clostridioides difficile culture, ribotyping and DNA fingerprinting services, according to standardised submission criteria.
Find out whether your biometric data is likely to be on a police database - fingerprints, DNA sample, kept after arrest, crime, conviction
Documents you need when you get asked for a criminal record check when applying for a role
This document sets out the policy governing the international exchange of data held on forensic information databases under the FIND Strategy Board’s remit.
Summary of Fingerprint Quality Standards Specialist Group workshop held in October 2021.
Research and scientific rationale behind the processes within the Fingermark Visualisation Manual Second Edition (2022).
Correspondence between the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner and Dominic Raab about powers to keep the DNA and fingerprints of people arrested for domestic abuse and sexual offences.
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