Source: Privacy Commissioner
New Zealanders have been having their say on possible new rules for biometric processing, which the Office of the Privacy Commissioner is now sharing. Biometric processing is the use of technologies, like facial recognition technology, to collect and process peoples biometric information to identify them or learn about them. The Office publicly released draft rules for using biometrics, for consultation, in May and received 250 submissions from members of the public, businesses, government agencies and advocacy organisations giving their view. Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster says, Almost every one of the submissions from members of the public told us that people were concerned about the use of biometrics in New Zealand. There was broad support for the proposals in the exposure draft code.
180 people and 70 agencies (totalling 250 submissions) had a month to make submissions.
