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Briefing
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- Citizen Biometrics Database – U.K. Home Office, department responsible for national security, immigration, and law enforcement, proposed to create and centralize biometrics database of U.K. citizens in new report
- Collected Data – Includes DNA, fingerprint, face, and possibly even voice data from different government agencies
- Existing Collection – Police, immigration, and passport agencies already have biometrics data from 12.5 million people
- Intended Purposes – Include solving crimes and verifying immigrants at borders, plus Visa applications
- Privacy Concerns – Include whether it is legal to keep database of innocent people, with civil liberties group Big Brother Watch publishing report in May 2018 claiming facial recognition used by Wales police had 90% false positive rate
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