Question follow-through · 3514
Biometrics: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued on the storage, security, sharing, and deletion of data generated through the use of live facial recognition technology.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 20 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 1 Jun 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued on the storage, security, sharing, and deletion of data generated through the use of live facial recognition technology.
1 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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1 Jun 2026
Answer published
Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology uses live video footage of people passing an LFR camera in a public place and compares their images to a specific list of people wanted by the police (known as a watchlist).Police use of facial recognition is gover...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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