The Home Office and Immigration Enforcement are deploying live facial recognition (LFR) technology for immigration enforcement purposes, with active development of standard operating procedures, equality impact assessments, and data protection impact assessments. The initiative raises digital regulation and workforce skills considerations, with recent documents addressing legal mandate, safeguards, and compliance frameworks.
An equality impact assessment covers the considerations of this technology by Immigration Enforcement.
This assessment explains the legal basis, safeguards, and privacy measures for using facial recognition to process biometric data.
The legal mandate describes the authorities and legal powers governing Immigration Enforcement use of live facial recognition.
The standard operating procedures explains the requirements for setting up and deploying live facial recognition (LFR).
The Home Office is consulting on its plans to withdraw the requirement for landing cards on arrival into the UK.
These assessments, in line with data protection legislation, assess the privacy impacts of the developments in biometric capabilities through the HOB programme.
The Home Office is consulting on its plans to withdraw the requirement for landing cards on arrival into the UK.
The Home Office is consulting on its plans to withdraw the requirement for landing cards on arrival into the UK.