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from the I'm-sure-they'll-delete-the-records-when-they're-no-longer-needed dept.
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?]
(Score: 2) by VLM on Monday October 20, @01:31PM
Its not an individual case thing.
Imagine I was legally required to use the same password on every site on the internet for the ease and comfort of our local version of the KGB.
Its the same card to open or close an account at a bank, cash a check, request a deposit, enter a school district building, buy a beer if you look young, check out a library book with it, use my public gym, get a minor citation ticket from the police, etc.
Some of those places like the library and gym and bank prefer you bring their card or similar documents but are pretty chill if you walk up with a drivers license and a sob story about forgetting it at home.
Your DL in the USA is the simple, easily cloned, unchangeable root password to every account you have IRL.