Editing Biometrics (section)

===Data security===
The frequent use of biometric authentication for security and the permanence of an individuals biometrics make the security of biometric data crucial. 
====Events where biometric data was compromised====
* [[Office of Personnel Management data breach]] in 2015
* Biostar 2 fingerprints leak in 2019<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-14 |title=Biostar security software 'leaked a million fingerprints' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49343774 |access-date=2025-02-15 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* Taliban seizure of US biometric data in 2021<ref>{{Cite web |title=This is the real story of the Afghan biometric databases abandoned to the Taliban |url=https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/08/30/1033941/afghanistan-biometric-databases-us-military-40-data-points/ |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=MIT Technology Review |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-07 |title=U.S.-built databases, biometric data a potential tool of the Taliban |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/u-s-built-databases-biometric-data-a-potential-tool-of-the-taliban |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=PBS News |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sirota |first=Ken Klippenstein, Sara |date=2021-08-17 |title=The Taliban Have Seized U.S. Military Biometrics Devices |url=https://theintercept.com/2021/08/17/afghanistan-taliban-military-biometrics/ |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=The Intercept |language=en-US}}</ref> 
* Afghan & Iraqi Fingerprints and Iris database<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hill |first=Kashmir |last2=Ismay |first2=John |last3=Schuetze |first3=Christopher F. |last4=Krolik |first4=Aaron |date=2022-12-27 |title=For Sale on eBay: A Military Database of Fingerprints and Iris Scans |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/27/technology/for-sale-on-ebay-a-military-database-of-fingerprints-and-iris-scans.html |access-date=2025-02-15 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
====Legislation and governmental Action====
Biometrics are considered personal information/data under multiple laws
* [[General Data Protection Regulation|GDPR]] in the [[European Union]] became law in 2018<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-11-07 |title=What is GDPR, the EU’s new data protection law? |url=https://gdpr.eu/what-is-gdpr/ |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=GDPR.eu |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[General Personal Data Protection Law|LGPD]] in [[Brazil]] became law in 2020<ref>{{Cite web |title=L13709 |url=https://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2015-2018/2018/lei/l13709.htm |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=www.planalto.gov.br}}</ref>
* [[Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013|Protection of Personal Information Act]] in [[South Africa]] came into force in 2020<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 November 2013 |title=Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 |url=https://www.gov.za/sites/default/files/gcis_document/201409/3706726-11act4of2013popi.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206032139/https://www.gov.za/sites/default/files/gcis_document/201409/3706726-11act4of2013popi.pdf |archive-date=6 December 2021 |access-date=15 February 2025}}</ref>
* [[Personal Data Protection Act (Sri Lanka)|Personal Data Protection Act]] in [[Sri Lanka]] implementation started in 2023<ref>{{Cite web |title=Personal Data Protection Act |url=https://parliament.lk/uploads/acts/gbills/english/6242.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102035842/https://parliament.lk/uploads/acts/gbills/english/6242.pdf |archive-date=2 January 2025 |access-date=15 February 2025}}</ref>
=====United States=====
The United States does not have a nationwide data privacy law that includes biometrics. Several states and local governments, led by the Illinois [[Biometric Information Privacy Act]], have legislation regarding biometric data.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-20 |title=The basics, usage, and privacy concerns of biometric data |url=https://legal.thomsonreuters.com/en/insights/articles/the-basics-usage-and-privacy-concerns-of-biometric-data |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=legal.thomsonreuters.com |language=en-US}}</ref> The [[Federal Trade Commission|FTC]] has also taken actions to protect biometric data including against [[Facebook]] in 2019, charging they misrepresented their uses of facial recognition technology.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=FTC Warns About Misuses of Biometric Information and Harm to Consumers |url=https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/05/ftc-warns-about-misuses-biometric-information-harm-consumers |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=Federal Trade Commission |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-07-24 |title=FTC Imposes $5 Billion Penalty and Sweeping New Privacy Restrictions on Facebook |url=https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2019/07/ftc-imposes-5-billion-penalty-sweeping-new-privacy-restrictions-facebook |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=Federal Trade Commission |language=en}}</ref>