When Can You Use A Fingerprint to Identify Someone?

Discussion Biometrics uses “biological characteristics or behavioral features to recognize an individual.” Using biometric data requires acquisition of data of sufficient quantity and quality for recognition and comparison, and the biometric data needs to remain stable over time (i.e. – the person should be able to be recognized in the future using the data. Data acquisition and storage cost and size are also important variables. Privacy and security are also paramount considerations. Biometrics use in pediatric patients has several applications including: Newborn tracking -using biometrics for identifying a newborn and linking them to its mother to prevent newborn swapping in hospitals and maternity wards. Health care – especially vaccination tracking. Many children in the world do not receive the necessary vaccines or they receive them at an inappropriate time or duplicate vaccines because an adequate documentation system is not available. There are non-governmental agencies using biometric data for vaccine registry and tracking. Identifying missing children – biometrics could allow improved identification of missing children. Government identification – biometric data to identify a person potentially over their lifespan for receiving appropriate governmental services. The most common biometric techniques available include: Fingerprint (or alternatively palm or footprints) (see below also) One of the most used and preferred me...
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