BSCC-FOI-0925-HD: use of facial recognition technology
Updated 30 July 2025
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From:
Office of the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
29 July 2025
Ref: BSCC-FOI-0925-HD
To: [redacted]
Letter by email
Dear [redacted],
I write in response to an email received by our office on Monday 28th July 2025 in which you asked:
바카라 사이트淯nder the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide any documentation associated with Facial Recognition Technology which makes co-operation with any 바카라 사이트 Agency (inclusive of Police and Security Services) 바카라 사이트淐ompulsory바카라 사이트� in respect of the operation Facial Recognition Technologies and the Individual Right to create privacy in public spaces.바카라 사이트�
Your request has been handled as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
While the government has recently appointed an interim Biometrics Commissioner and is actively recruiting a permanent Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner through open competition, only the Surveillance Camera Commissioner is a relevant public authority under the Act. Therefore, this response has been provided by the Office, rather than the Biometrics Commissioner.
To answer your question, we have searched our records and can confirm no documentation is held by the OBSCC that mandates compulsory cooperation between operators of facial recognition systems and government agencies, including the police or security services.
If you are dissatisfied with this response, you may request an independent internal review of our handling of your request by submitting a complaint within two months to the address below, quoting reference BSCC-FOI-0925-HD. If you ask for an internal review, it would be helpful if you could say why you are dissatisfied with the response.
[redacted]
5 th Floor
2 Ruskin Square
Broad Green
Croydon
CR0 2WF
email: Sciencesupportfoi@homeoffice.gov.uk
As part of any internal review, our handling of your information request will be reassessed by staff who were not involved in providing you with this response. If you remain dissatisfied after this internal review, you have a right of complaint to the Information Commissioner as established by section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act.
Kind regards,
Office of the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner
Email: enquiries@obscc.org.uk