Third, the entity must receive a written release consenting to the collection, use, storage, or disclose
of biometric identifiers or biometric information.
Washington's new law imposes strict criteria for the sale, lease or disclosure
of biometric identifiers for commercial use.
Not exact matches
And the San Francisco and Los Angeles district attorneys have asserted that Uber's background check processes could not have uncovered the criminal records
of the 25 drivers in question, in part because the process doesn't use
biometric identifiers like fingerprinting, according to the New York Times.
Due to rising concerns about the use
of stolen
biometric identifiers to commit identity fraud, the vote wasn't even close.
Making the key to your information a physical key or
biometric identifier is putting it in the realm
of police power to produce.»
Cook explains that the difference between a password and a
biometric identifier is great under the law — you have a right not to reveal the contents
of your mind, which includes things like a password, but your fingerprints are a part
of who you are and you expose them to the public every day.
While those types
of information are mutable — even Social Security numbers can be changed —
biometric data for retinas, fingerprints, hands, face geometry and blood samples are unique
identifiers.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada announced last December that it intends to collect
biometrics (unique
identifiers such as fingerprints, facial images and iris scans) from certain foreign nationals
of 29 countries and one territory.
These stakeholders say this program is offensive and invasive; areas
of concern include unauthorized or unnecessary data collection, use and disclosure
of personal information, forensic usage, usage as unique
identifier — which can identify a person and his or her day - to - day activities through the linkage
of various activities and databases — as well as function creep or
biometric information collected being used for different or additional purposes than originally stated by the authorities.
'' «Next Generation Identification», a massive database with
biometric identifiers on millions
of Americans.
Mattersight assigns personality profiles to the people who call major brands, and it wants to bring that same service to intelligent assistants, using voice
biometrics as an
identifier instead
of phone numbers.