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Privacy in Biometric Systems

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Privacy in a Digital, Networked World

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Biometrics can be a very effective tool to keep us safe and secure, prevent individuals from applying for multiple passports or driving licenses, and keep the bad guys out or under control. However, the fact that we are surrounded by so many biometric sensors does limit our privacy in one way or another. The price we might have to pay for using many biometrics-reliant applications such as access control to a building, authorizing payments in supermarkets, and public transports is the loss of privacy as a result of being tracked in almost all of our daily life activities. This chapter explains the main privacy concerns surrounding the use of biometric systems and highlights few possible solutions.

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    Hisham Al-Assam, Torben Kuseler & Sabah Jassim

  2. College of Communication and Information, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA

    Sherali Zeadally

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Al-Assam, H., Kuseler, T., Jassim, S., Zeadally, S. (2015). Privacy in Biometric Systems. In: Zeadally, S., Badra, M. (eds) Privacy in a Digital, Networked World. Computer Communications and Networks. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08470-1_11

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