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Quarterly Newsletter No.10 June 2024
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 -
Letter from Tony Eastaugh - BSCC
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 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. -
The Scotsman Data Conference 2024
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
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.... -
DPDI Bill withdrawn
Commissioner welcomes withdrawal of UK Data Protection and Digital Information (No 2) Bill -
Commissioner welcomes FINDS Strategy Board Annual Report for 2022-23
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... -
Increasing public trust in biometrics
Future Scot have included an article written by the Commissioner in their Spring 2024 magazine. -
The Commissioner at the Finance and Public Administration Committee
On 30 April the Commissioner attended the Finance and Public Administration Committee. The committee heard evidence from existing Commissioners on the Scotland's Commissioner Landscape. -
Commissioner welcomes CETaS report
The Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Dr Brian Plastow has today welcomed a research report published by the Centre for Emerging Technology and Security (CETaS). -
How Can Genetic Genealogy Transform Forensic Investigations?
The recording of 'How can Genetic Transform Forensic Investigations?' is now available. -
Scottish Police Authority (SPA) compliant with Scottish Biometrics Commissioner's Code of Practice
The Commissioner has today published the first annual assessment on compliance with the Scottish Code of Practice by the SPA. The Code of Practice relates to the use of biometric data under the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Act 2020 and therefore...