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World Service,9 mins

Do you know who really owns your face?

World Update

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After a 4-year delay the UK has finally released its Biometric Strategy for use in law enforcement and counter-extremism. Biometric data includes your face, voice, walk; the things that make you up physically, and more and more of this is being stored online. Dan Damon looks at how different countries and governments are controlling this data. (Photo: Facial recognition system display - Credit: Getty Images)

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