Publications

The Scottish Biometrics Commissioner has today (25 October 2022) laid his first annual report and accounts before the Scottish Parliament. The report provides information on the Commissioner’s functions in providing independent oversight of how biometric data and technologies are used...

Together with HM Chief Inspector of Prosecutions in Scotland, HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, and the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner, the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner has today written to Scottish Government asking for clarify on...

Scottish Ministers have now given approval for the statutory Code of Practice prepared by the Commissioner to be brought into effect without modification under section 12 of the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Act 2020. We anticipate regulations being laid before the...

The purpose of this document is to set out an initial roadmap listing the different records likely to be maintained by the office of the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner once fully established.

Under the terms of section 12 of the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Act 2020, and following approval of the draft Code of Practice by the Scottish Parliament Criminal Justice Committee, the Commissioner has now written to the Cabinet Secretary seeking the...

A personal reflection from the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner on how biometric technologies have transformed policing and criminal justice in Scotland.