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SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee
The Commissioner has provided the following written submission and will give evidence to the committee on 20 February. -
PIRC Commissioner awarded CBE
PIRC Commissioner Michelle Macleod has been awarded a CBE for services to Criminal Justice in Scotland as announced in the King's New Year Honours list. Michelle is a solicitor and has been PIRC Commissioner since 2019. She was previously HM... -
Quarterly Newsletter No.11 December 2024
Welcome to the December 2024 newsletter for the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner. Since our last newsletter I have welcomed a new member to the team. DCI Ross MacDonald has joined us on secondment from Police Scotland. -
Commissioner welcomes Annual Report for England and Wales and calls for end to UK Government indecisiveness
The Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Dr Brian Plastow has today welcomed the publication of the Annual Report of the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner for England and Wales. The England and Wales Commissioner has a wider UK role where the police... -
Scottish Biometrics Commissioner and Director at the SPA Board Meeting
On 28 November the Commissioner and Director attended the SPA Board meeting to provide the SBC annual report. During the session the Commissioner talked about our previous assurance reviews and the Director confirmed the topics of our up and coming... -
Commissioner welcomes UK and Scottish ‘conversations’ on the future of Live Facial Recognition
On 19 June 2024, and in partnership with the Scottish Police Authority and Police Scotland, the Commissioner co-hosted the first ever ‘Biometrics in Criminal Justice Conference’ in Edinburgh. The conference was opened by the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home... -
Commissioner at the Criminal Justice Committee
On the 13 November the Commissioner and Director attended a session of the Criminal Justice Committee. During the session the Commissioner discussed our latest Annual Report and Accounts, our recent joint report on Laws of Retention and provided a flavour... -
Report of a review of the retention of biometric data provided for under sections 18 to 19C of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 Scottish Government and the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner
Report of a review of the retention of biometric data provided for under sections 18 to 19C of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 Scottish Government and the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner -
Joint Statement from the Independent Scottish Parliamentary Officeholders
The following statement from the Scottish Independent Parliamentary Officeholders is made in response to the report of the Scottish Parliament’s Finance and Public Administration Committee on Scotland’s Commissioner Landscape. -
Commissioner welcomes FINDS Annual Report for 2023/24
Commissioner welcomes FINDS Annual Report for 2023/24 The Scottish Biometrics Commissioner, Dr Brian Plastow, has today welcomed the publication of the UK Forensic Information Databases Service (FINDS) Annual Report for 2023/24. The report includes important information on the operations of... -
Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST)
The Scottish Biometrics Commissioner has contributed to the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) publication on Biometric data: Misuse, use, and collation. POST is the UK Parliament's dedicated research and knowledge exchange service, providing impartial and reliable analysis of... -
Commissioner invited to speak in the United States and in London
The Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Dr Brian Plastow will be speaking at an international conference on ‘Biometrics for Government and Law Enforcement’ to be held in Washington, D.C. in December 2024.