ICO Focus on Biometric Data Guidance, Public consultation on draft guidance on biometric data
Summary
On October 20, 2023, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the U.K. personal data protection regulator, closed a public consultation on its draft guidance on biometric data. Vendors or users of biometric recognition systems, including both controllers and processors, would be required to comply with the guidance once finalized. As the definition of biometric data is relatively broad and includes, for example, a person’s voice or face that have been analyzed using technology for the purposes of identifying such person, the draft guidance is likely to apply to a wide range of companies across all industry sectors in and outside the U.K.
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