Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario: It's possible to have both facial recognition and privacy

Not only is it possible to have facial recognition and privacy, it’s now a reality (The Globe and Mail)
Privacy is all about freedom of choice and personal control. We need to realize that the same technology that serves to threaten privacy may also be enlisted to its protection. This entails the use of Privacy by Design – embedding privacy directly into technologies and business practices, resulting in privacy and functionality.
It is very refreshing to see a Canadian Privacy Commissioner make a statement like this in such a public way.

That makes three links to Globe and Mail articles on biometrics in the last two days and there are other biometrics articles there that I haven't linked. If you like what they have to say on the subject you can find more here.