Privacy and Data Protection Issues of Biometric Applications: A Comparative Legal Analysis

This book discusses all critical privacy and data protection aspects of biometric systems from a legal perspective. It contains a systematic and complete analysis of the many issues raised by these systems based on examples worldwide and provides several recommendations for a transnational regulatory framework. An appropriate legal framework is in most countries not yet in place.

Biometric systems use facial images, fingerprints, iris and/or voice in an automated way to identify or to veri...