The data protection framework through which the United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner’s Office will oversee surveillance cameras and biometrics may be inadequate. This is the primary concern of the former Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner.
Emerging issues and new technologies get short shrift in the new allocation of regulatory responsibility, he says. Sampson sees a need for further regulation as live facial recognition is increasingly adopted by UK police, but also a “lack of interest in proper regulation” posing a barrier to realizing the necessary changes.
