Abstract
Principles of proper administration form the basis of legitimate and due government. These include the prohibition to use a public competence for non legitimate purposes, and the principles of due care, reasonability, legal certainty, trust, proportionality, and motivation. This chapter explores current developments in the use of biometrics in the Netherlands in the wider context of the shift towards eGovernment. New forms of information handling in eGovernment are of course, also bound by the above principles. This raises some questions which need to be answered. Does eGovernment pose new challenges to the value of principles of proper administration in practice? Are the principles of proper administration rigorously applied to the introduction of biometric data in government information systems? With these questions in mind, I will give a short overview of the current use of biometric technologies and assess their impact on the evolving information structure of Dutch eGovernment.
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See also Chap. 3 of this book.
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See the Netherlands Biometrics Forum’s Position paper at http://www.biometrieforum.nl
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The pilot received national media coverage: Dutch television news item: http://nos.nl/artikel/72986-klanten-ah-betalen-met-vinger.html
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Observations by experts contributing to an open discussion as reported in the Knopjes report.
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See also Chap. 14 of this book.
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See also Chap. 23 of this book.
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In February 2009, the student A. Boudewijn started a court case claiming the right to object to inclusion of his fingerprints in the central database: http://www.nu.nl/binnenland/2185458/student-rechter-privacy-paspoort.html
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See Art. 1, e, m of the Foreigners Act.
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However, see Chap. 14 of this book.
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Staatsblad 317 (28 July 2009).
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For a more detailed analysis see the report: especially Chap. 4.
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Huber v. Germany, European Court of Justice, Case C-524/06, Judgement of 16 December 2008.
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Marper v. United Kingdom, EHRM 4 December 2008, Appl. Nos. 30562/04 and 30566/04. See further Chap. 14.
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Letter of the Meijers Commission, CM0901, 22 January 2009.
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In its position paper available at: http://www.biometrieforum.nl/tiki-list_file_gallery.php?galleryId=15
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CBP, Wijziging Paspoortwet z2001-1368 (invoering biometrie), 16 October 2001.
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CBP, Vragen over de inzet gezichtsherkenning z2003-1529, 3 February 2004.
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CBP, Wijziging Paspoortwet z2001-1368 (invoering biometrie), 16 October 2001.
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CBP, Wijziging Paspoortwet advies z2007-00010 (invoering biometrie), 30 March 2007, 5, http://www.cbpweb.nl
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CBP Face recognition technology, z2003-1529, of 3 February 2004, http://www.cbpweb.nl/downloads_uit/z2003-1529.pdf?refer=true&theme=green
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See the full opinion on a detailed test of the concept of data processing: CBP 27 May 2004, z2003-1529.
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See the detailed analysis of Hermans 2010 on this subject.
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As mentioned above: http://www.nu.nl/binnenland/2185458/student-rechter-privacy-paspoort.html
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The organization represents citizens who have refused to provide fingerprints and have been denied a passport as a result, see http://www.privacyfirst.nl/images/stories/PDFs/privacyfirst_20100506_anondagvaardingpasprtwetproces.pdf
Abbreviations
- ICT:
-
Information and Communication Technology
- RFID:
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Radio Frequency Identification
- DPA:
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Data Protection Act
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Sprokkereef, A. (2011). The Introduction of Biometrics in The Netherlands: An Evaluation Under Data Protection and Administrative Law. In: van der Hof, S., Groothuis, M. (eds) Innovating Government. Information Technology and Law Series, vol 20. T.M.C. Asser Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-6704-731-9_13
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