Privacy & Biometrics: Building a Conceptual Foundation

摘要

In an effort to complement and support the vibrant growth of both fields, this paper seeks to connect privacy and biometrics at a structural level so that both fields can be understood within a common framework. This paper is specifically not intended as a comprehensive collection of in-depth details about privacy or biometrics. Instead, this paper provides a general overview of both privacy and biometrics and offers a perspective through which to view the convergence of both. The goal is to provide a context in which details and future developments can be placed and better understood. The paper is organized into three primary sections. The first section of the paper presents a high-level introduction of biometrics. The second section of the paper presents a review of privacy, points to multiple definitions of the term 'privacy' (similar to the definition of 'biometrics') and highlights the conceptual foundation underlying the full scope of privacy as applied to technology. The third section of the paper brings the two earlier discussions together applying the functional architecture of privacy to the functional architecture of biometrics.