Biometrics and User's Rights?

Posted by Cliff on Thursday October 31, 2002 @03:25PM from the protecting-your-bio-data dept.

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?"

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Let Me Write One For You. by bellings · 2002-10-31 15:32 · Score: 4, Informative

I've written one you can use for free:
We, the undersigned, will remove all identifying biometric information about you from our databases when your employment terminates.

We further agree not to share any identifying biometric information about you with any third party.

Signed
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Dated
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Re:Umm by GreyWolf3000 · 2002-10-31 15:34 · Score: 3, Informative

Just a quick correction-the mandatory thumb scanning is for getting a drivers license, and has been the subject of a huge amount of controversy.

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