Does biometric technology infringe on privacy?
• No. In fact, using Veridt’s CombiFamily of fingerprint readers is one of the best ways of protecting personal privacy. Your fingerprint template is encrypted and stored on a token issued to you by your employer (or some other authorizing agent) that you then carry with you. Without your matching live fingerprint, the token is worthless and the encrypted fingerprint template cannot be used to recreate a fingerprint. • How do you protect my fingerprint biometric data from being stolen? • During enrollment, the minutiae points are assigned values that are encrypted; the fingerprint itself is discarded from the computer’s memory and only the fingerprint template is stored on the token you carry. The encrypted information is meaningless until the corresponding live biometric is available for comparison. If your token is stolen, it cannot be used for unauthorized access and your fingerprint is not at risk. • How safe is Veridt’s CombiFamily from hacking? • Because there is no database of s
