A single, staged route to accreditation.
FRACT accreditation follows one consistent pathway, whatever the provider and whatever the scheme. It is designed to be rigorous without being opaque: every applicant knows what is assessed, in what order, and against what. Each stage tests the five FRACT principles — Fairness, Responsibility, Accuracy, Compliance and Transparency — and the six pillars they give effect to.
Application
A facial recognition provider submits a FRACT application, setting out its technology, its deployment model and its existing controls. This establishes scope — what is being assessed, and for which self-exclusion environments.
Compliance assessment
The application is examined against FRACT’s compliance requirements: lawful basis, data protection, the BS 9347:2024 pillars, transparency obligations and bias auditing. This is where legal defensibility is established before any technology is approved.
Technical assessment
The technology itself is then assessed — accuracy against recognised benchmarks, security, integration, system performance, and the human-in-the-loop workflow that must sit behind every match. A standard is only as good as the technology it certifies, and this stage tests that directly.
Governance Board review
Accreditation is not granted by the assessors alone. The findings go to the FRACT Governance Board, chaired independently, which makes the final decision to award, withhold or condition accreditation. Separating assessment from the award decision is deliberate — it is what gives the mark its integrity.
Ongoing review
Accreditation is not a one-off. It is subject to annual reassessment, to review following any material change — to the technology, the LCCP, BS 9347:2024 or the data protection framework — and to continuous compliance monitoring. Accreditation that cannot be maintained is accreditation that is withdrawn.
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