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The technology creates a “one-time biometric” by projecting a cryptographic sequence of colours from the device screen onto the user’s face.
May issue roundtable: Biometrics – The next generation of access control
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PCR talk to Rob Watts, Corsight CEO about its facial recognition technology (FTR) and Claire Hatcher, Global Head of Business Development for Fraud Prevention at Kaspersky about its views on biometric technology
Please could you tell me a bit more about the company and its core specialisms in regards to biometrics?
Rob Watts, Corsight CEO: Corsight specialises in Facial Recognition technology powered by Autonomous AI – an advanced artificial intelligence (AI) system. Corsight’s solutions significantly reduce the possibility of false positives with accurate detection that far exceeds the human brain’s ability to register and recognise faces. The company
Fraser Sampson, a former West Yorkshire Police officer who is now the Government’s independent Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner, said changing laws could not keep up with emerging new methods for using physical or behavioral human characteristics to digitally identify a person. Pic: James Hardisty
Part of this is the statutory Surveillance Camera Code of Practice, brought in as part of the 2012 Protection of Freedoms Act under then-Home Secretary Theresa May and currently under review by the Government. Bodies like local councils and the police must follow the code.
Some bodies who are not obliged to follow the code, like Barnsley s hospital trust, have signed up anyway to offer reassurance to the public on how material gathered by its CCTV cameras is used.
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The return to the workplace is a focal point for many in the built environment but one of the most important elements is easy to overlook. Guest services will be vital in the return to the workplace. Front-of-house teams will be responsible for welcoming building users back and reassuring them as they negotiate shared spaces in the post-Covid era.
The workplace will inevitably look different after Covid. We have become more aware of our spaces, how clean they are, and what spaces building users share. Employees have also become more conscious of the pros and cons of the workplace. For some, a year of working from home has been a welcome break from the stress and time taken by a commute.
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New Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner appointed
The Home Secretary has appointed Fraser Sampson as the government’s new independent Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner, replacing the two part time posts of the Biometrics Commissioner and Surveillance Camera Commissioner.
The recruitment campaign was conducted in line with the Governance Code for Public Appointments. The statutory responsibilities and duties for both roles will remain the same.
Fraser Sampson, who took up his post on 1 March, will promote compliance with the Surveillance Camera Code and rules on police use of DNA and fingerprints.
The Home Secretary Priti Patel said:
I am pleased to appoint Fraser Sampson as the new Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner.