New biometrics laws urgently needed, review finds - BBC News

New laws governing biometric technologies are urgently needed, an independent legal review led by Matthew Ryder QC has found.
Biometric data includes faces, fingerprints, voices, DNA profiles, and other measurements related to the body.
Technologies using this data, such as live facial recognition, are increasingly common.
But the review found rules in England and Wales were fragmented, unclear and had not kept up with technology.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-61896187

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