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How Can Function Creep (biometric Was Used For A Different Purpose Than What It Was Collected For) Be Prevented? |
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Answer» An individual enrolling into a biometric system should check if the ORGANISATION is a Biometrics Institute MEMBER and a signatory to the Biometrics Institute Privacy Code. The Privacy Code requires SUBSCRIBERS to comply with the Code Privacy Principles. Principle 12.3 addresses this issue: "Secondary analysis or function creep of biometric information COLLECTED for purposes such as authentication or identification is not permitted without express free and informed Consent. For example biometric information collected for the purposes of authentication and identification shall not be used to examine that information in search of genetic patterns or disease identification without express free and informed consent." An individual enrolling into a biometric system should check if the organisation is a Biometrics Institute member and a signatory to the Biometrics Institute Privacy Code. The Privacy Code requires subscribers to comply with the Code Privacy Principles. Principle 12.3 addresses this issue: "Secondary analysis or function creep of biometric information collected for purposes such as authentication or identification is not permitted without express free and informed Consent. For example biometric information collected for the purposes of authentication and identification shall not be used to examine that information in search of genetic patterns or disease identification without express free and informed consent." |
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