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Biometrics and User's Rights?
cornjones asks: "Does anybody know anything about biometrics and user rights? I am supposed to give a handscan to my building for gym access. I don't really have a problem w/ this persay but I want some sort of assurance as to what the scans will be used for (and that they will be deleted fully when I leave). It may be a bit paranoid right now but these scans don't change over your life and the trend is towards these scans being used for more and more applications. I talked to the VP and he said he would sign a privacy doc if I could find one. I did a little searching and I haven't found anything good. Does anybody know of any groups or papers on protecting the use of biometric identifying information?"
Go to a costume shop and buy a rubber hand (pick your favorite monster). Wear it for the scan and any subsequent gym use. This solves your data collection problem, as you can discard this hand when your relationship with the gym ends. On a related scary note. Many stores (Home Depot, Wal-Mart, etc) are now using digital signature scanning for credit card purchases. How do you feel about them scanning your legal signature when you buy something and what stops them from printing this signature on a ton of credit slips?????