Archived government news
May 2020
Speech: Biometrics Commissioner’s address to the Westminster Forum: 5 May 2… Wednesday, 06 May 2020
April 2020
Biometrics Commissioner statement on the use of symptom tracking applicatio… Tuesday, 21 April 2020
March 2020
Biometrics Commissioner 2019 annual report: update Tuesday, 31 March 2020
Policy paper: Biometrics Commissioner's response to Coronavirus Bill amendm… Monday, 23 March 2020
Form: BC1 PACE application form Tuesday, 10 March 2020
Guidance: BC2 application to the Biometrics Commissioner - explanatory note… Tuesday, 10 March 2020
February 2020
Research and analysis: Biometrics Commissioner lecture Wednesday, 19 February 2020
Biometrics Commissioner on the police use of live facial recognition Tuesday, 11 February 2020
January 2020
Response to announcement on Live Facial Recognition Friday, 24 January 2020
September 2019
Automated facial recognition Tuesday, 10 September 2019
June 2019
Corporate report: Biometrics Commissioner: annual report 2018 Thursday, 27 June 2019
April 2019
Biometrics Commissioner 2018 annual report: update Tuesday, 23 April 2019
Biometrics Commissioner 2018 annual report: update Tuesday, 23 April 2019
June 2018
Biometrics Commissioner’s response to the Home Office Biometrics Strategy Thursday, 28 June 2018
Press release: Biometrics Commissioner’s response to the Home Office Biomet… Thursday, 28 June 2018
Corporate report: Biometrics Commissioner: annual report 2017 Wednesday, 13 June 2018
Biometrics Commissioner’s fourth annual report 2017 Wednesday, 06 June 2018
April 2018
Biometric annual report 2017: update Tuesday, 10 April 2018
September 2017
Publication of the Biometrics Commissioner’s third annual report Wednesday, 13 September 2017
Response to the Biometrics Commissioner's annual report 2016 Wednesday, 13 September 2017
August 2017
Metropolitan Police’s use of Facial Recognition Technology at the Notting H… Wednesday, 23 August 2017
March 2017
Response to the Home Office review of the retention and use of custody imag… Friday, 17 March 2017
June 2016
New Biometrics Commissioner appointed Thursday, 16 June 2016
May 2016
Biometrics Commissioner publishes report on issues raised in his 2015 annua… Thursday, 26 May 2016
March 2016
Publication of the Biometrics Commissioner’s second annual report Friday, 11 March 2016
May 2015
Publication of the government’s response to the Biometrics Commissioner’s f… Wednesday, 13 May 2015
Publication of the government’s response to the Biometrics Commissioner’s f… Wednesday, 13 May 2015
December 2014
Biometrics Commissioner’s evidence to select committee on science and techn… Friday, 19 December 2014
Biometrics Commissioner’s evidence to select committee on science and techn… Friday, 19 December 2014
Biometrics Commissioner's first annual report published Friday, 19 December 2014
November 2013
Notification letter Monday, 11 November 2013