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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: 4, Informative) by pkrasimirov on Monday October 20, @12:41PM (1 child)

    by pkrasimirov (3358) Subscriber Badge on Monday October 20, @12:41PM (#1421461)

    A machine can copy my eyes, more specifically all information it deems sufficient to identify them among others. Whether it will store that information, or a hash of it, or a secure hash of it for future comparison, is not in my control or knowledge. You can argue it's okay because it's not really my eyes but the laws in EU disagree.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by sneftel on Monday October 20, @09:57PM

    by sneftel (29787) on Monday October 20, @09:57PM (#1421554)

    Again, it doesn’t matter if they get copied. Do you protect your fingerprints? Carefully wipe down all the glasses you touch? No. Biometric information of this site is not a secret. It has no inherent value and is not used in situations where secrecy os important.

    The laws in EU disagree

    As I say: people make this mistake frequently. Politicians aren’t immune.