UK companies scrap biometric workplace monitoring
Following a February 2024 ruling by the Information Commissioner's Office against Serco Leisure, national leisure centre chains are among dozens of UK companies removing or reviewing the use of facial recognition and fingerprints to monitor staff attendance. The ICO found that the Serco subsidiary had unlawfully processed the data of more than 2,000 employees at 38 centres.
Publication: Guardian
Writer: Jane Croft
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