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New UK regulator, framework needed for biometrics, says Ada Lovelace Institute

By Frank Hersey ( May 30, 2025, 12:01 GMT | Insight) -- Businesses and authorities using or planning to use biometrics systems such as facial recognition in the UK are stalling due to the legal uncertainties, Michael Birtwistle, associate director of the Ada Lovelace Institute and co-author of a new report on biometrics regulation told MLex. The think tank calls for both a new legal framework for the technologies and a new regulator.The UK needs a single body to regulate the use of biometrics, because those wishing to deploy the technologies at the moment cannot be certain that what they're doing is lawful, Michael Birtwistle, associate director at the influential Ada Lovelace Institute has told MLex....

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