• by Connor McBean
• Industry News

Privacy campaigners raise concerns after nine schools in North Ayrshire scan faces of pupils to take payments The Information Commissioner’s Office is to intervene over concerns about the use of facial recognition technology on pupils queueing for lunch in school canteens in the UK. Nine schools in North Ayrshire began taking payments for school lunches […]

• by Connor McBean
• Industry News

A second email data breach has been uncovered at the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in the team responsible for relocating Afghan allies to the UK. The BBC reported that dozens of people who may be eligible to come to the UK under the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (Arap) were mistakenly copied into an email […]

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

Our thanks to Phil Ingram MBE and Liam Walker – Advent IM Security Consultant, for joining us in this fascinating look at the potential fallout from the abandoning of biometric information in Afghanistan, the likelihood of it then falling into Taliban hands, and the impact on people.  The rights and freedoms of the individual being […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

The UK’s former biometrics commissioner has told MPs that Parliament should explicitly legislate on the use of biometric technologies so it is clear to both police and private companies which uses are acceptable. Read via Computer Weekly.