Whether it’s building roads or optimizing power supplies, investing in infrastructure is vital to the safety and efficiency of nations and organizations. And in today’s digital age, this investment must extend to establishing trusted identities for all. Identity is foundational for a robust public infrastructure, initiating substantial economic growth – like using driver’s licenses to […]
Ask a Data Ethicist: What Should Be the Limits of Biometric Data Collection in the Workplace?
There’s a movement underway to capture an increasing amount of data about employees – from facial recognition or fingerprint systems used for tracking time and attendance, to systems that monitor your every keystroke. All of these invasive data collection technologies raise this question: What should be the limits of biometric data collection in the workplace? […]
Biometric Data Security: Advancements and Concerns
Biometrics was once a novelty reserved for spy movies and top-secret government facilities. Today, we carry it in our pockets and use it for mundane things like signing into Facebook. While biometric data security technology offers advantages not available through conventional passwords, it also has unique privacy risks and limitations. What Is Biometric Data? Biometrics […]
Your Personal Data is Up for Grabs: New Patents & New Scams Compromise Data Privacy
Click to learn more about author Cathy Nolan. How many ways can our privacy be compromised? Recent patents and news articles can make us crazy thinking about how our privacy is being invaded both at work and in our homes. First it was Amazon’s Echo and KitchenAid’s refrigerators recording what we said and transmitting it so […]
World Economic Forum Calls Biometric Technology Transformative for the Future of Banking
by Angela Guess According to a new press release, “SmartMetric, the maker of fingerprint biometric payments and security cards, agrees with the statements coming out of the World Economic Forum listing biometric technology as being as transformative as what the computer itself was for the Banking and Financial Services industry. The World Economic Forum (WEF) […]