Regulation of Biometric Technology
Regulations: Privacy and Biometrics, is it possible for biometric technology to be used in a manner that does not compromise informational privacy? The IPC (Information and Privacy Commissioner) has been examining the privacy implications of biometric technology. The IPC believes that if left unregulated, this technology could be used in ways that could compromise informational privacy. ... The specific reassessing concerns associated with this technology then defining the privacy protective standards necessary to effectively address those concerns. ... Identification is when presented biometric matches a sample on file; this is called a “one-to-many” match and used police to identify criminals. ... Authentication involves a “one-to-one” search where live biometric presented by a person is compared to a stored sample like a smart card. ... The Immigration and Naturalization Service experimented with using the technology to identify people in cars at the Mexico-US border.