The amount of data collected worldwide is rapidly proliferating, and one international organization wants to make sure it’s clear how to protect what is arguably the most sensitive category of that data: biometrics.

The Biometrics Institute, which has branches in London and Sydney, released new revisions to its Biometrics Privacy Guidelines to its members on February 2, providing recommendations on smart and respectful collection of data, including retina and iris scans, fingerprints, voice prints, and face geometry.  With principles targeting informed consent, purpose, proportionality, and respect for client privacy, the Guidelines offer best practices to organizations looking to safeguard customer information while staying on the right side of regulators.  Few laws have been enacted in the United States specifically addressing biometric data, with Texas and Illinois being the outliers; but with increasing numbers of data breaches and consumer privacy actions regularly being brought under generic unfair and deceptive practices laws, principles such as these can help businesses be prepared in advance.
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