ELECTORAL COMMISSION (EC) & FACIAL RECOGNITION: HOW RELEVANT IS THIS FACIAL RECOGNITION IN A NON E-VOTING ENVIRONMENT. TEST OF THE MANDATE OF THE DATA PROTECTION COMMISSION(DPC
INTRODUCTION It looks like I have to do re-mix some of my earlier articles to give it a refocus since the issues of the EC and biometrics still remains relevant. My concern now is with the Electoral Commission (EC), aside our thumbprint wanting to capture our facials as part of their biometrics database for the purposes of voting. How relevant is this when we are not using e-voting technology but our traditional paper based system? Basically, data protection principles require that data collected must: i. be obtained and processed fairly, ii. have been obtained for specified or explicit and legitimate purposes , iii. not be further processed in a manner incompatible with that purpose or those purposes, iv. be retained subject to appropriate security measures against unauthorized access, and