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In this video you will view highlights from the conference and from speaker such as The Cabinet Secretary for Justice Angela Constance MSP, Chief Constable Jo Farrell and the SBC Commissioner Brian Plastow along with many others.

On 23 July 2024, the Commissioner wrote the attached letter to Police Scotland noting that the four recommendations from our joint assurance reviews with the SPA in 2023 had been successfully discharged by Police Scotland. The recommendations arose from our...

In an article published today in the UK Security Journal the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Dr Brian Plastow has called for a reset of UK Government Biometrics Strategy. The Commissioner has previously criticised statements made by the former policing minister for...

The Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Dr Brian Plastow has today confirmed that he would welcome an investigation by the UK Information Commissioner (ICO) to establish whether Police Scotland processing law enforcement data (including biometric data) within the Scottish Government funded Digital...

Welcome to the June 2024 newsletter for the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Since our last newsletter I have laid my Assurance Review on Images and completed our first Code of Practice Validated Self-Assessments

Today the Commissioner has received a letter from Tony Eastaugh the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner. The letter congratulates the Commissioner for helping organise the first Scottish Biometrics Conference.

The first ever Scottish Biometrics Conference took place on Wednesday 19 July in Edinburgh. Key speakers included the Cabinet Secretary Angela Constance and the Chief Constable Jo Farrell.

On 26 September at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh The Scotsman Data Conference will be taking place.

New Police Scotland Biometrics Information Leaflet From Monday 10 June 2024, and in response to recommendations made in 2023, Police Scotland began distributing an information leaflet to all persons in police custody who have biometric data taken because of arrest....

Commissioner welcomes withdrawal of UK Data Protection and Digital Information (No 2) Bill

The UK Forensic Information Databases Strategy Board is the UK strategic governance forum which oversees the management of the UK DNA Database (NDNAD) and the UK Fingerprint database (IDENT1) and associated international exchange mechanisms for law enforcement. The Commissioner, who...

Future Scot have included an article written by the Commissioner in their Spring 2024 magazine.