Home » HR practices » Professional development » Legal developments » National legislation » United Kingdom: processing of biometric data must be “necessary and proportionate”, says ICO United Kingdom: processing of biometric data must be “necessary and proportionate”, says ICO In an enforcement notice issued on 23 February, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK body responsible for data protection and information rights, sets out the conditions for using biometric data to check employee attendance. While such use is not illegal, it must be "necessary and proportionate" to the aim pursued by the company. By Nathalie Tran. Published on 04 March 2024 à 13h21 - Update on 04 March 2024 à 13h22 Resources In a decision handed down on 23 February, the UK’s data protection and information rights watchdog (ICO) ordered sports and leisure facility operator Serco to stop using facial recognition technology and fingerprint scanning to check the attendance of its employees and ensure that they are paid for their working time.… Nathalie Tran Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst nameLast nameOrganizationFunctionemail* Object of the messageYour messageRGPD J’accepte la politique de confidentialité.InstagramThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Latest articles Longer careers: a new state of affairs for companies CSRD: social and environmental reporting market takes shape Analysis & Data Latest articles Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels
