Why compliance is an asset, not a cost.
Most organisations treat data protection as an overhead to be kept small. We see it the other way round. If you identify people by their faces, or hold data about their health, their gambling or their offending, your licence to operate rests on trust. That trust has value. Like any asset, it can be built, measured and protected. It can also be lost.
Facial recognition, done properly.
Facial recognition is no longer a question of whether. It is a question of how, and occasionally whether not. We advise on the whole life of a deployment: whether it is necessary at all, the lawful basis, the impact assessment, who goes on a watchlist and how they come off, accuracy and bias, human oversight, retention, signage and redress.
Our advice never depends on which system you choose, so the only outcome we have a stake in is a deployment that is right.
“We are the adviser who can tell you not to.”
Where we work
Facial recognition compliance
From the first question (should we?) to the last (can we prove it?).
Outsourced DPO
A Data Protection Officer with the independence the law requires and the experience a board expects.
We also advise events and venues preparing for Martyn’s Law, and organisations in retail, healthcare, media, real estate and the not-for-profit sector.
A standard, not a promise
“Trust us” is not a compliance strategy. FRACT, the Facial Recognition Accreditation, Compliance & Technical Standard, sets out what lawful and ethical deployment looks like and how to evidence it. It is open, so anyone can read it, measure themselves against it and challenge it.
“Trust us” is not a compliance strategy,
How we help
Calm, candid help when something has gone wrong, with counsel on hand.
- Facial recognition compliance
Facial recognition compliance
From the first question (should we?) to the last (can we prove it?).
- Outsourced DPO
Outsourced DPO
A Data Protection Officer with the independence the law requires and the experience a board expects.
- Data governance & AI
Data governance & AI
Clear governance for data and automated decisions, ready for the Data (Use and Access) Act.
- ICO investigations & breach response
ICO investigations & breach response
Calm, candid help when something has gone wrong, with counsel on hand.
Latest thinking
“The only account an organisation can safely maintain is the true one.”
Richard Dutton, Managing Director
Start with a conversation
Thirty minutes, no charge and no obligation. Tell us what you are planning, or what has gone wrong, and we will tell you candidly where you stand.