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Beware biometric data products that lack safeguards, UK privacy watchdog says

By Patricia Figueiredo ( March 13, 2025, 16:32 GMT | Insight) -- New products and services using biometric data might not have sufficient safeguards to protect people's privacy, UK businesses have been warned by the national privacy regulator. Stephen Almond of the Information Commissioner’s Office told a conference that businesses need to be aware of proportionality, accuracy and bias issues before deploying biometric technologies.New products and services using biometric data might not have sufficient safeguards to protect people's privacy, UK businesses have been warned by the national privacy regulator....

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