Listening to the public - Views from the Citizens’ Biometrics Council

Methodology Listening to the public 17 Sharing the ICO’s proposals with the Council Working with Hopkins Van Mil, the Ada Lovelace Institute and the ICO reconvened 30 members of the Council in a series of three online workshops in November 2022, totalling over five hours of facilitated discussion and deliberation. [...] The aim of these workshops was to gather the views of informed members of the public on the steps the ICO should take to regulate biometric technologies. [...] The public need to understand what you’re doing.’ ‘Please have stronger guidance to protect the public and more specific guidelines.’ ‘Keep going and stick to the task.’ Conclusion Listening to the public 41 The public recognise the Conclusion: considerations complex nuances of biometrics, both in for the ICO the benefits they could bring and in the multiple concerns they raise The Council members. [...] About Listening to the public 44 About the Ada Lovelace Institute The Ada Lovelace Institute was established by the Nuffield Foundation in early 2018, in collaboration with the Alan Turing Institute, the Royal Society, the British Academy, the Royal Statistical Society, the Wellcome Trust, Luminate, techUK and the Nuffield Council on Bioethics. [...] In addition to the Ada Lovelace Institute, the Foundation is also the founder and co-funder of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics and the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory.