Concerns raised over privacy and security of UK Home Office's £842m biometrics programme

Concerns raised over privacy and security of UK Home Office's £842m biometrics programme

Plans to aggregate it with other databases should be discussed, says ethics group


An independent ethical advice group has raised concerns about the UK Home Office's £842m Biometrics programme, which will store millions of people's highly sensitive biometric data, due to go live next year.


In 2017 the Home Office tasked the National DNA Database Ethics Group to expand its remit to cover the use of forensic identification techniques, including facial recognition technology and fingerprinting in government.


On Monday the Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group (BFEG) released its first annual report dated 2017. The Register has asked the body why it appears to be two years late.


In it, the body expressed concerns over the Home O ..

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