This is a sometimes heard expression of concern about the potential misuse of biometric data stored on central databases. It refers to the threat to privacy that such centralised collections of personal data could pose if compromised. Biometric data are regarded as personal data and hence subject to the controls appropriate to personal data. ...

This is related to the covert use of biometrics (see “Can my biometric be collected covertly?” previously), and to functional creep in applications. It is important to realise that authentication does not necessarily imply consent, and it is consent which is the issue of concern here. Any application could be affected though the ...

Users may have concerns about being identified or tracked by covert applications (both legal and illegal). Users may feel they have a right to know when their biometrics are being collected and have a right to opt-out of biometric data collection. If biometrics can be collected covertly, they have no way to know ...