Recognizing that biometric technologies are seeing increased usage in the public and private sectors, International Biometric Group's BioPrivacy Initiative defines best practices as well as deployment and technology guidelines for maintenance of personal and informational privacy in biometric deployments. The objectives of IBG's BioPrivacy Initiative are as follows:  

• To raise awareness of privacy issues for end users and deployers of biometric technology.

• To increase the likelihood that biometric technologies, when deployed, will be as protective of personal and informational privacy as possible.

Methodology

International Biometric Group's BioPrivacy Initiative uses three evaluative tools to ensure that new or existing biometric deployments are consistent with generally accepted privacy principles: 

BioPrivacy Application Impact Framework: a tool for evaluating the potential risks of a specific biometric deployment.
BioPrivacy Technology Risk Ratings: a technology-by-technology assessment of potential privacy risks.
BioPrivacy Best Practices: the key precautions institutions can take to ensure privacy-sympathetic biometric deployments.
 

Next: the BioPrivacy Application Impact Framework