By BBC World Service
Published March 07, 2023 3:00pm
It may seem that in some countries surveillance cameras are everywhere – recording almost our every move. We are using fingerprints and facial recognition to get access to our banking, work emails and even our healthcare systems. Alongside this rise in use comes a rapid increase in biometric data gathering, spurred on by contact tracing apps during Covid-19. But where is this very personal data going, who is using it and how.
We bring together a panel of experts to discuss what’s happening now and what’s next for our biometric data – shouldn’t we be the ones in co...