Time Management Systems - Fingerprint ID

LegacyUser

I've been in the same job for a few years but a recent change of management has seen attempts to bring in a lot of changes to the company I work for. One of the things they want to do is to change from a manual sign in sheet to an automated system whereby you sign in with a fingerprint.

The data protection freak in me is not happy about this. Am I entitled to refuse to provide my fingerprint?

stevenmu

This page at ICCL suggests to me that are entitled to refuse. That may not apply if they have a good reason for fingerprinting over other systems, such as giving access to secure areas.

Bandana boy

I do not think you can refuse on the basis that you are paranoid.
You could though ask for the details on how the the information is being stored securely and if you spot a problem refuse on those grounds
I would though ask for it to be rectified rather than refuse outright.

bbam

My advice is this is a bad time to be a sticky cog.. New managment may have been forced to bring in fingerprint timekeeping as people were taking the piiss in the past... Sticking your head up now with big brother delusions will get you noticed for the wrong reasons..

Aside from that... I'm curious, what would worry you about providing a fingerprint ??

tatli_lokma

Of all the information that your employer has on you which needs to be data protected (full name, address, PPS number, date of birth, bank details, salary, pension etc) your finger print isn't going to make a huge amount of difference is it?

dutcher

Your employer will not have your fingerprint. It is automatically encrypted on those machines. Only way they will have your finger print is if they dust the prints off the machine.

Dublinflyer

I faced a similar situation a number of years ago. The company I worked for wanted to introduce the same system. A number of people (not me) objected to this and ended up in the LRC. It ended up that they had no valid reason to object and had to use it. Two of them were dismissed in the within the following six months for poor timekeeping!

wmpdd3

We've had the system for 6 years no issues.

Irish_Elect_Eng

A company that I worked with previously the employees requested a bio-metric system as they were fed up with the previous card system being abused by co-workers. They seem to be happy with the fingerprint system.

joeguevara

Your employer will have to prove that the biometric system is proportionate. Al the information that you require is found here: http://www.dataprotection.ie/docs/Biometrics_in_the_workplace./244.htm