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As privacy is lost a fingerprint at a time, a biometric rebel asserts our rights

  • Written by Peter Holland, Professor in Human Resource Management and Employee Relations, Swinburne University of Technology
As privacy is lost a fingerprint at a time, a biometric rebel asserts our rightsJeremy Lee, a sawmill worker in Imbil, Queensland, refused to have his fingerprints scanned for a new security system introduced by his employer to replace swipe cards. www.shutterstock.com

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