UK forced to delete 5m voice records

Publication date: June 2019Source: Biometric Technology Today, Volume 2019, Issue 6Author(s): The UK Government has been forced to make what's claimed to be the biggest ever deletion of biometric IDs from a state-held database. The data destroyed is the voice authentication records of 5 million British citizens, which were being held by the tax authority, HMRC, without the individuals’ consent.
Source: Biometric Technology Today - Category: Information Technology Source Type: research