Scottish Biometrics Commissioner welcomes annual report for England and Wales
The Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner for England and Wales Professor Fraser Sampson has recently published his annual report for 2021/22. Welcoming the report, the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Dr Brian Plastow said: ‘I share and endorse the concerns expressed by Professor Sampson in his annual report about plans within the UK Data Protection and Digital Information Bill to treat the output from the police use of public space surveillance technology solely as a question of data protection. This proposition in my view is erroneous and will have devolution consequences for Scotland because of the broader definition of ‘biometric data’ adopted in Scotland under the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Act 2020.