WPF is pleased to announce the publication of new work by our Executive Director, Pam Dixon, in the March 2022 Turkish Policy Quarterly. " This journal article is an outgrowth of long work looking at what could help in the biometric ecosystem to address and mitigate the consequential risks of biometrics when used singly and in combination,” Dixon said. “We must begin thinking about biometric regulation at the ecosystem level, otherwise there will be fragmented policy solutions that create additional and unnecessary risks and harms.”
"The rich, adaptable, comprehensive, and yet granular chemical safety models in use today provide a pathway to move biometric regulation away from the fragmented and ineffective current practices that rely on consent, bans, and single-modality regulations. It is essential that complex biometric ecosystems are regulated consistently, comprehensively, and in a manner that is harmonized across jurisdictions so that biometrics are not subject to fragmentation that results in inconsistent or weak data governance, security, and privacy protections. Biometrics, as a technology of concern, merits high levels of attention to administrative and procedural controls, as well as a focus on harmonization on key aspects of regulation, such as agreement on definitions."
WPF published early work in 2020 looking at how the structure of safety regulations could be adapted for the biometric context.. The article for Turkish Policy Quarterly takes on a fuller analysis of these ideas.
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Turkish Policy Quarterly, Volume 20, Issue 4. March 2022. Regulating and harmonizing biometric ecosystems to address the full spectrum of risks using global safety models and controls, Pam Dixon, auth.
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The March 2022 issue of Turkish Policy Quarterly is focused on AI and Democratic Values, and includes articles by AI luminaries; see the full issue here.