Editing Biometrics (section)

===Data protection of biometric data in international law===
Many countries, including the United States, are planning to share biometric data with other nations.

In testimony before the US House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Homeland Security on "biometric identification" in 2009, [[Kathleen Kraninger]] and Robert A Mocny<ref name="DHS-Testimony">{{Cite journal
 |title       = Testimony of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Kathleen Kraninger, Screening Coordination, and Director Robert A. Mocny, US-VISIT, National Protection and Programs Directorate, before the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, 'Biometric Identification'
 |publisher   = US Department of Homeland Security
 |date        = March 2009
 |url         = https://www.dhs.gov/ynews/testimony/testimony_1237563811984.shtm
 |access-date  = 20 February 2010
 |url-status     = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20100218104515/http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/testimony/testimony_1237563811984.shtm
 |archive-date = 18 February 2010}}</ref> commented on international cooperation and collaboration with respect to biometric data, as follows:
{{cquote|''To ensure we can shut down terrorist networks before they ever get to the United States, we must also take the lead in driving international biometric standards. By developing compatible systems, we will be able to securely share terrorist information internationally to bolster our defenses. Just as we are improving the way we collaborate within the U.S. Government to identify and weed out terrorists and other dangerous people, we have the same obligation to work with our partners abroad to prevent terrorists from making any move undetected. Biometrics provide a new way to bring terrorists' true identities to light, stripping them of their greatest advantage—remaining unknown.''}}

According to an article written in 2009 by S. Magnuson in the National Defense Magazine entitled "Defense Department Under Pressure to Share Biometric Data" the United States has bilateral agreements with other nations aimed at sharing biometric data.<ref name="DefensePressureShare">{{Cite journal
 |last1       = Magnuson
 |first1      = S
 |title       = Defense department under pressure to share biometric data.
 |website     = NationalDefenseMagazine.org
 |date        = January 2009
 |url         = http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/ARCHIVE/2009/JANUARY/Pages/DefenseDepartmentUnderPressuretoShareBiometricData.aspx
 |access-date  = 20 February 2010
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20100312215019/http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/archive/2009/January/Pages/DefenseDepartmentUnderPressuretoShareBiometricData.aspx
 |archive-date = 12 March 2010}}</ref> To quote that article:
{{cquote|''Miller [a consultant to the Office of Homeland Defense and America's security affairs] said the United States has bilateral agreements to share biometric data with about 25 countries. Every time a foreign leader has visited Washington during the last few years, the State Department has made sure they sign such an agreement.''}}