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This collection contains the Biometrics Commissioner's policy and guidance documents.
Paul Wiles, the Biometrics Commissioner, responds to the Metropolitan Police Service.
Biometrics Commissioner statement on the use of symptom tracking applications, digital contact tracing applications and digital immunity certificates.
The report provides details of the activities of the Biometrics Commissioner since his appointment.
The Biometrics Commissioner delivered the Frank Dawtry Memorial Lecture at the University of Leeds, on Tuesday 11 February 2020.
Update on the status of the Biometrics Commissioner annual report for 2018.
Biometrics Commissioner response to court judgment on South Wales Police's use of automated facial recognition technology.
Update on the status of the Biometrics Commissioner's annual report for 2020.
The annual report of the Biometrics Commissioner for 2016.
The Home Secretary has appointed Fraser Sampson as the government’s new independent Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner.
Update on the status of the Biometrics Commissioner annual report for 2019.
The Biometrics Commissioner responds to the Home Office review into the retention and use of custody images.
This further report provides an update on issues raised in the commissioner’s 2015 annual report.
A quarter of the way into my term of office we now have a once-in-this-generation opportunity to reform the police use of biometrics and surveillance, build public trust and provide assurance of ethical practice and leadersh…
Further report by the Biometrics Commissioner on issues raised in his 2015 annual report.
The interim report of the Biometrics Commissioner for 2020.
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