February 13, 2023
An overview of the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner’s Annual Report for 2021-22. Read More
July 7, 2022
The Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner has started gathering information from all police forces on their use of surveillance camera systems. Read More
June 17, 2022
The Government has scrapped plans to move several key functions of the Commissioner’s role into the hands of the ICO data regulator. Read More
April 6, 2022
Professor Fraser Sampson, has warned police forces across the country against using facial recognition technology for witness identification. Read More
January 28, 2022
Dorset, and Devon and Cornwall police are the first forces to have their drone use certified by the Surveillance Camera Commissioner. Read More
December 8, 2021
The Surveillance Camera Commissioner sets out his differences with government on the proposal to absorb his statutory functions. Read More
November 29, 2021
Security provider, VPS UK, has published an interview uncovering the secret world beyond the 'video-wall'. Read More
August 23, 2021
A consultation has been opened on revisions to the Surveillance Camera Code of Practice. Find out how to respond and more, here. Read More
April 13, 2021
Watch our interview with Fraser Sampson as we discuss the challenges ahead in his role as Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner. Read More
March 10, 2021
The Home Secretary has appointed Fraser Sampson as the UK’s new independent Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner. Read More
August 11, 2020
The debate surrounding the legality of the use of automated facial recognition in the UK continues to come under scrutiny following a ruling from the Court of Appeal on its use by South Wales Police. Read More
May 23, 2020
Explore the state of security in the United Kingdom in this unmissable webinar with industry titans Dr Dave Sloggett and the Surveillance Camera Commissioner for England and Wales, Tony Porter. Read More
March 6, 2020
We speak with CCTV Logbook, a system designed to support those who use and maintain CCTV assets in management of the system and compliance. Read More
January 21, 2020
MOBOTIX, an IP video system manufacturer, has been awarded ‘Secure by Default’ certification in the UK, by the Surveillance Camera Commissioner. Read More
June 22, 2016
The Surveillance Camera Commissioner Tony Porter said that when he came into the job he was shocked that out of the […] Read More
November 30, 2015
The Surveillance Camera Commissioner has promised new guidance for body-worn video and a review of the Protection of Freedoms Act Code. Read More