Biometrics and privacy

Abstract

Biometrics offers many alternatives for protecting our privacy and preventing us from falling victim to crime. Biometrics can even serve as a solid basis for safe anonymous and semi-anonymous legal transactions. In this article Jan Grijpink clarifies which concepts and practical applications this relates to. A number of practical basic rules are also given as a guide to proceeding in a legally acceptable manner when applying biometrics. The Dutch version of this article was published in: Privacy en Informatie, 2000, nr 6, pp. 244-250