Impacts of Using Biometric Verification System and Privacy Issues

IMPACTS OF USING BIOMETRIC VERIFICATION SYSTEM AND PRIVACY ISSUES
Impacts of Using Biometric Verification System and Privacy Issues
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Abstract
Advancement in technology is meant to make life easier. When it comes to various systems, it is
meant to make them more efficient, secure than the old systems and above all to uphold basic
human rights. This report, therefore, focuses on the advancement of technology which has led to
innovation and use of biometric identification and authentication systems. Usage of these
systems has raised several issues concerning the privacy of users’ information among other
things. This has resulted in several things including bad attitude towards the usage of the system,
several lawsuits due to privacy issues as covered in the literature review part, trust issues
between employers and employees as covered in this research. Also covered in this research is
the research methodology for the success of the project. Conclusion part covers discussion and
recommendations of issues discussed in this research proposal.

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Table of Contents
Title Page
Introduction 3
Purpose of the study 4
Privacy issues concerns 4
Research Hypothesis 6
Literature review 7
Biometric systems compared to traditional systems 8
Research methodology 10
Research timeframe 10
Methods of data collection 10
Data preparations 12
Qualitative data analysis 12
Ethics application 15
Conclusion 16
Results and discussion 16
Recommendations 16
References 17

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Introduction
Due to advancement in technology, there is increased need to beef up security of systems
to be used for the modern day. This has been the drive over the past few years which has made
innovation of more advanced technology that uses physiological traits and behavioral
characteristics for identification purposes. This technology is being applied around the globe for
many applications such as consumer products such as smart-phones, police investigations, smart
firearms, identification card issuance among other applications.
These systems are however not without their fair share of fears and concerns. The use of
these systems raises the question of privacy. The Biometric verification system uses information
regarded as sensitive. A large population, therefore, thinks that this system has already crossed
the privacy boundary and leaves nothing personal for users and clients. As compared to
traditional authentication systems, the latter does not raise privacy issues as the information
required for verification is not considered sensitive in most cases. The traditional authentication
systems, however, suffer much limitations and drawbacks and are considered less secure as
compared to the biometric authentication systems.
This report, therefore, is concerned with examining the impacts of using biometric
authentication systems and privacy issues concerned. It also examines the strengths and weakness
of the biometric authentication systems as compared to the Traditional authentication system.
The risks include hacking, loss of data, forgetting of passwords among others.