thats beyond creapy, thats malicious naked greed. your thought process makes sense to me, this smacks of biometrics data harvisting! ,,, dumb question thought about talking to a lawyer when they are off the job about this? no way this is completely legal. even then some brits may be able to force some sanity back thanks to their privacy laws. best way to counter this i think is to talk about it so thanks for telling me.
I've been considering digging up the number of the law firm that represents me and giving them a call. I doubt there's any action they can take, but if they are willing to work on contingency (they only get paid if I win the case), then it's worth talking to them about the whole thing.
Knowledge is power!