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Isnt storing fingerprint images considered an invasion of privacy?

April 26, 2017fingerprint images invasion privacy storing

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Isnt storing fingerprint images considered an invasion of privacy?

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It will not be an invasion of anyones privacy because the actual fingerprint image is not stored. The fingerprint scanning system transforms the visual fingerprint image into a mathematical template which is a data representation of the fingerprint. This is what is stored and compared against for verification. This template cannot be reconverted back into the original fingerprint image. Your fingerprint data is safely stored in the database but the actual fingerprint image never is.