Ex-commissioner for facial recognition tech joins Facewatch firm he approved

Critics say Fraser Samson hiring is outrageous conflict of interest' as monitoring technology is rolled out in UK high streets

The recently-departed watchdog in charge of monitoring facial recognition technology has joined the private firm he controversially approved, paving the way for the mass roll-out of biometric surveillance cameras in high streets across the country.

In a move critics have dubbed an outrageous conflict of interest", Professor Fraser Sampson, former biometrics and surveillance camera commissioner, has joined Facewatch as a non-executive director.