The Information Commissioner found that facial recognition and fingerprint scanning were being used to monitor staff attendance at over 30 leisure centres. The ICO found this to be a disproportionate use of the technology and ordered Secro to stop using biometric checks.
Privacy and civil liberties NGO Big Brother Watch’s Madeleine Stone said: “Banning Serco Leisure from using facial recognition to track their staff is a welcome intervention from the ICO, but this represents a drop in the ocean given how common biometric surveillance is becoming in both workplaces and in public spaces across the country.”
The Guardian – Serco ordered to stop using facial recognition technology to monitor staff