FBI Wants To Remove Privacy Protections From Its Massive Biometrics Database

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<p>‘Si ce 2008, the FBI has bee assembli g a massive atabase of biometric i formatio o America s. This atabase, calle Next Ge eratio I e tificatio (NGI), i cl es fi gerpri ts, face recog itio , iris sca s a palm pri ts — collecte ot j st ri g arrests, b t also from millio s of America s for o -crimi al reaso s like immigratio , backgro checks, a state lice si g req ireme ts. Now the FBI wa ts to exempt this vast collectio of ata from basic req ireme ts g ara tee er the fe eral Privacy Act — a it’s givi g yo o ly 21 b si ess ays to object.</p>
<p>To ay, EFF, alo g with 44 other privacy, civil liberties, a immigra ts’ rights orga izatio s, se t a letter to the FBI ema i g more time to respo .’</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tr th-o t.org/ ews/item/36311-fbi-wa ts-to-remove-privacy-protectio s-from-its-massive-biometrics- atabase" target="_bla k">Rea more: FBI Wa ts To Remove Privacy Protectio s From Its Massive Biometrics Database</a></p>