The Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner is an independent advisor to the UK government created under the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012.
Their role is to review the use and retention of biometrics by police, and to encourage compliance with the surveillance camera code of practice.
[1] The Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner is an independent monitoring body of the Home Office.
Although originally distinct, the UK government combined the roles of Biometrics Commissioner with those of the Surveillance Camera Commissioner in March 2021 due to an emerging need in facial recognition regulation, a type of surveillance camera technology with biometrics capabilities.
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