United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 20403
Biometrics: Public Places
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22 June 2021
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29 June 2021 · Answer
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29 June 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of deploying live facial recognition technology in public spaces on data protection and privacy.
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22 June 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of deploying live facial recognition technology in public spaces on data protection and privacy.
Source: Commons
29 June 2021
Answer
The use of live facial recognition technology in public spaces by the police or non-law enforcement bodies must be lawful under the data protection legislation. The legislation recognises that biometric data such as facial images are sensitive in nature a...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-06-22/20403
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1338832
- uk · wq-1338832 · source updated 29 June 2021