Biometric Authentication
What is Biometric Authentication?
The use of unique biological characteristics such as fingerprints, facial recognition, iris scans, or voice patterns to verify the identity of a user. Considered a strong form of authentication.
Terms that appear alongside biometric authentication
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as biometric authentication. The number is how many controls name both.
- authentication 15 shared controls
- audit 7 shared controls
- gdpr 6 shared controls
- data subject 6 shared controls
- consent 6 shared controls
- biometric data 6 shared controls
- profiling 4 shared controls
- multi factor authentication 4 shared controls
Frameworks that govern biometric authentication
What the standards actually require on biometric authentication
Requirements naming biometric authentication across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Article 12 of the Kazakhstan PDPL establishes the data localization requirement for biometric personal data of Kazakhstan citizens and residents - a key sovereignty provision strengthened by the 2022 amendment.
KZ-PDPL-Biometric-Data-Localization-Article12-Server-Kazakhstan-On-Soil-Data-Storage-Citizens-Residents · Kazakhstan PDPL Biometric Data Localization + Article 12 + Mandatory Server Storage in Kazakhstan + 2022 Amendment + Citizens + Residents + Foreign Cloud Provider Restrictions + Data Sovereignty + State Service for Information Security Oversight →Security Dimension 2 Authentication per X.805 Clause 6.2: Authentication ensures the validity of the claimed identities of the entities participating in communication (e.g.
X805-Dim2-Authentication-Identity-Verification-Claimed-Identities-Entities-Communication · ITU-T X.805 Security Dimension 2 - Authentication + Identity Verification + Claimed Identity + Entity Authentication + Data Origin Authentication + Mutual Authentication + Multi-Factor + Cryptographic Authentication →Sections 13-14 and 23A-23C of POPL 5741-1981 establish data subject rights with Amendment 13 enhancements. (1) Section 13 Right of Inspection/Access: every person who has been registered in a database has the right to inspect any information about themselves i...
IsraelPPL-DataSubjectRights-Access-Correction-Information-Delivery-Sec13-14-23A-23C-Subject-Notification · Israel POPL Data Subject Rights - Section 13 Right of Access + Section 14 Right of Correction + Section 23A-C Prohibition on Information Delivery + Notice Obligation + Right to Object + Amendment 13 Enhancements →Italian Codice Privacy security framework supplements GDPR Article 32 with Italian-specific obligations. (1) Article 31 Designation of Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) / Data Protection Officer (DPO): mandatory for (a) public authorities and bodies (with sole exemp...
ItalyCodice-Security-CPO-DPO-PublicBodies-BreachNotification-Art31-34-DPIA-ROPA-JointControllers-Processors · Italy Codice Security - Article 31 Designation of CPO + Italian DPO Requirements + DPO Mandatory for Public Bodies + Article 34 Breach Notification + DPIA + ROPA + Joint Controllers + Processors + Italian-Specific Requirements →Articles 6 and 8 of the Jordan PDPL establish enhanced protections for Sensitive Personal Data and children's data. (1) Article 6 Sensitive Personal Data Categories: (a) Racial or ethnic origin; (b) Political opinion or party membership;
JO-PDPL-Sensitive-Data-Children-Article6-Article8-Health-Genetic-Biometric-Religious-Political · Jordan PDPL Sensitive Data + Article 6 + Article 8 + Children's Data + Health + Genetic + Biometric + Racial + Religious + Political + Trade Union + Sexual Orientation + Criminal + Enhanced Protections + Age 16 Parental Consent →Section 4(4)(a) of Kentucky CDPA establishes the heightened consent requirement for sensitive data processing. (1) Section 2 Sensitive Data Definition - 8 Categories: (a) Racial or ethnic origin; (b) Religious beliefs; (c) Mental or physical health diagnosis;
KY-CDPA-Sensitive-Data-Affirmative-Consent-Race-Religious-Health-Genetic-Biometric-Children-Citizenship · Kentucky CDPA Sensitive Data + Affirmative Consent + Race/Ethnicity + Religious + Mental/Physical Health + Sexual Orientation + Citizenship/Immigration + Genetic + Biometric + Children's Data + Precise Geolocation (1,750 ft) + Section 4 Heightened Consent Standard →Questions people ask about biometric authentication
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