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JPMorgan Requires Staff to Hand Over Biometric Data to Access New Headquarters

posted by hubie on Monday October 20, @09:26AM   Printer-friendly
from the I'm-sure-they'll-delete-the-records-when-they're-no-longer-needed dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

JPMorgan requires staff to hand over biometric data to access new headquarters New York bank is imposing eye and fingerprint scans amid heightened security concerns at corporate offices

JPMorgan Chase has told staff moving into the US bank's new multibillion-dollar Manhattan headquarters they must share their biometric data to access the building, overriding a prior plan for voluntary enrolment.

Employees who have started work at its 270 Park Avenue skyscraper since August have received emails saying biometric access is "required", according to a communication seen by the Financial Times. This allows people to scan their fingerprints or eye instead of ID badges to get through the lobby security gates.

[...] Dave Komendat, chief security officer at Corporate Security Advisors, said biometrics had been used for decades at higher-security areas, such as government installations and data centres, but putting them in commercial buildings for large numbers of people would be used at a new and larger scale.

https://www.ft.com/content/d5351d3d-d64f-4a90-a3da-d1ef8e8bea66
https://archive.ph/YCV85

[Ed. question: Would this be a deal breaker for any of you for joining or continuing to work at the company?]

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by turgid on Monday October 20, @12:03PM (2 children)

    by turgid (4318) Subscriber Badge on Monday October 20, @12:03PM (#1421452) Journal

    They already introduced WADU [businessinsider.com] to monitor their staff continuously. I think I'd rather starve to death than work there. They wouldn't have me anyway, I expect.

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  • (Score: 2) by VLM on Monday October 20, @01:35PM (1 child)

    by VLM (445) Subscriber Badge on Monday October 20, @01:35PM (#1421473)

    I think I'd rather starve to death than work there.

    It USED TO be a prestigious place to work. USED TO. They're running a selection program to select very "interesting" employees now.

    Imagine spending your whole life competing to get into an ivy league school to become a well connected investment banker, maybe at JPM, and then getting there and being all "fuck this place".