Biometric Access Control
What is Biometric Access Control?
Physical access control systems that use biological characteristics such as fingerprints, iris scans, or facial recognition to verify identity.
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What the standards actually require on biometric access control
Requirements naming biometric access control across 2 standards, quoted from the control text.
Non-biometric devices (badge, code) are preferred where they give sufficient security. Biometric authentication is possible only as a subsidiary measure, where the employer demonstrates that alternative devices or organisational and technical measures cannot r...
cnil-guidance-on-employee-monitoring-and-workplace-video-surveillance::ACC-8 · ACC-8 Use biometric access control only as a subsidiary measure, justified, with the template held on an individual medium →Using biometrics to identify workers is special category processing, so a lawful basis and a condition are both needed and must be documented in the DPIA.
uk-ico-employment-practices-and-data-protection-monitoring-workers-2023::4.2 · 4.2 Biometric access: a lawful basis and a special category condition, and a non-biometric alternative without disadvantage →Questions people ask about biometric access control
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