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Workplace biometrics: Protecting employee privacy one fingerprint at a time

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  • Peter Holland

    (Swinburne Business School, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia)

  • Tse Leng Tham

    (RMIT University, Australia)

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This article examines the contested terrain of protecting or providing biometric data in the workplace. Through a major case study in Australia, a decision to terminate employment on the grounds of non-consent for biometric data to be collected was overturned through the legislative system. The case is important in that it highlights the increased impetus to collect such data and the arbitrary nature of legal protection. However, the results of this significant case do provide improved clarity and guidance on the usage, collection, storage and management of biometric data. It also signals to management the need to understand employees’ rights and their own obligations around the informational privacy of employees.

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  • Peter Holland & Tse Leng Tham, 2022. "Workplace biometrics: Protecting employee privacy one fingerprint at a time," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 43(2), pages 501-515, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecoind:v:43:y:2022:i:2:p:501-515
    DOI: 10.1177/0143831X20917453
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    1. Lynne Norris-Jones, 2012. "Biometric access control in the workplace: benefit or bind?," International Journal of Information Technology and Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 11(1/2), pages 61-71.
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