Biometrics and Videosurveillance
Claudine Guerrier · 2016
Biometrics, which is based on the use of personal data, must follow principles of proportionality. There is a temptation for companies to use biometrics to control hours. Well aware of this need, some biometric companies are offering a 'working hour's management' option. Finger printing process, based on two biometric clocks that identify employees using their fingerprints, can be used for recording the amount of time worked. Most employers are favorable to the use of biometric systems to control the working hours of their employees. The development of videosurveillance results in a significant reduction in the freedom of movement, and increases distrust in civil society. The departmental commission instructs the application for authorization of videosurveillance systems, with the exception of systems relation to National Defense. In the context of the right of image, any person whose image has been recorded by a videosurveillance system has the right to request access to this image.