Biometrics and privacy

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This information sheet provides a high-level overview of what biometrics are, their benefits and uses in the public sector and the information privacy implications raised by biometric systems. It also looks at the interaction between biometrics and the Information Privacy Principles (IPPs) under the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (PDP Act).

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