Serco ordered to stop using facial recognition technology to monitor staff

Biometric data of more than 2,000 staff at 38 leisure centres was unlawfully processed to check attendance, watchdog finds

Britain's data watchdog has ordered a Serco subsidary to stop using facial recognition technology and fingerprint scanning to monitor the attendance of staff at the leisure centres it operates.

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) found that the biometric data of more than 2,000 employees had been unlawfully processed at 38 centres managed by Serco Leisure to check up on their attendance.