Current and future uses of biometric data and technologies

Inquiry by the Science and Technology Committee (Commons), 8 August 2014 to 16 September 2015. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

• 4th Special Report - Responsible Use of Data: Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2014-15 (5 March 2015)
• 6th Report - Current and future uses of biometric data and technologies (7 March 2015)
• 2nd Special Report - Current and future uses of biometric data and technologies: Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2014-15 (16 September 2015)

Evidence sessions

• 26 November 2014: Professor Juliet Lodge, Emeritus Professor of European Studies, University of Leeds, and member of the Privacy and Policy Expert Group at the Biometrics Institute, Professor Louise Amoore, Professor of Political Geography, Durham University, and Professor Sue Black, Director, Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification, University of Dundee; Sir John Adye, Chairman, Identity Assurance Systems, Ben Fairhead, Biometric Systems Engineer, 3M, and Erik Bowman, Systems Engineer, Northrop Grumman; Andrew Tyrer, Head of Enabling Technology, Innovate UK, Emma Carr, Director, Big Brother Watch, and Dr Peter Waggett, Chairman, British Standards Institution technical committee IST/44
• 10 December 2014: Dr Simon Rice, Group Manager (Technology), Information Commissioner's Office, Alastair R MacGregor QC, Biometrics Commissioner, Office of the Biometrics Commissioner, and Chief Constable Chris Sims, National Policing Lead for Forensic Science, Association of Chief Police Officers; Lord Bates, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Criminal Information, Home Office