The following is excerpted from the 17 January 2012 edition of Embassy Magazine.

The Canadian government's introduction of two new programs could involve the sharing of sensitive personal information, such as fingerprints, from government to private-sector companies, and from government to government, which has privacy advocates concerned whether proper safeguards are being used to minimize risk.

The government is taking a page from its allies in introducing biometrics to better identify immigrants to Canada. Biometrics refer to a person's unique measurable physical characteristics or behaviour traits. For most immigration-related purposes, they refer to fingerprints...

This article is available in its entirety at:

http://www.embassymag.ca/page/view/biometrics-01-11-2012

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