PRESS RELEASE
Revealed June 2, 2023
Dean Armstrong KC has assisted Facewatch, the UK facial recognition know-how firm, with skilled recommendation on private knowledge coverage. Mr Armstrong’s recommendation has led to a profitable consequence when key facets of its private knowledge processing have been not too long ago assessed by the UK Info Commissioner’s Workplace (ICO).
Commissioned by ELIAS Partnership, a knowledge rights and governance advisory agency, Dean Armstrong KC supplied essential recommendation in respect of this matter.
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The ICO investigation, which took 4 years, concerned scrutiny of Facewatch know-how which is utilized by main retailers resembling The Southern Co-op and Frasers Group. Anybody accountable for committing a criminal offense is added to the system by shops. The logging of this data requires the shop to signal a authorized declaration earlier than all matches are double checked by specialist analysts and despatched as alerts. To guard the non-public knowledge of real retailer clients, the know-how immediately discards biometric knowledge from consumers until it’s matched with ‘topics of curiosity’ in its database. The investigation has resulted in Facewatch receiving a ‘most commendable’ score by the UK Biometrics Commissioner, Professor Fraser Sampson.
Facewatch Chairman Nick Fisher stated: “I want to thank Dean Armstrong KC for his exemplary illustration on this matter. The choice by the ICO is a vote of confidence and underlines our dedication to finest follow, each to forestall crime and shield workers and clients. The general public and our subscribers can proceed to trust in our techniques and privateness safeguards.”
Dean Armstrong KC feedback, “Facewatch has been in a position to show that by working inside the scope of private knowledge laws, facial recognition know-how can play a task in decreasing crime. I’m delighted with this consequence for Facewatch.”
Dean is a specialist within the regulation referring to digital belongings and the blockchain, encompassing cryptocurrency, non-fungible tokens, and sensible contracts. With experience that spans cyber (digital) regulation basically, Dean can be in a position to help shoppers with authorized issues referring to cyber insurance coverage and the intersection of cyber and knowledge regulation. Dean has written textbooks on cryptocurrency and the blockchain in addition to cyber safety, cyber litigation and cyber insurance coverage. He’s additionally extremely skilled in worldwide insolvency work, particularly involving crypto belongings. He’s additionally skilled in circumstances involving allegations of worldwide and UK fraud.
Ranked by Chambers and Companions in Band 1 for crypto belongings, Dean is the one silk to guide on the Industrial Bar’s response to the Regulation Fee on its draft on digital belongings. Dean has additionally suggested on the draft of the Digital Asset Service Supplier Guidelines.
Dean Armstrong KC
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