Biometrics has had a rapid expansion as a technology, being increasingly accessible to the public, and lending utility to governments and society in the management of citizen security. It is applied either for verification or for identification of an individual’s identity and technically constitutes a problem of pattern recognition. In Chile, the existing legal framework regarding the handling of personal data does not include specific biometrics in its regulation. A new bill that considers both biometric data and Biological profiles is in process. In addition, we revised the international reports of the last two decades that analyze the use of biometrics. The primary focus of concern of these documents, from the ethical point of view, is the right to privacy of individuals, giving practical guidance and discussion regarding the elements necessary for the application of these novel technologies in an appropriate ethically manner. Finally, we contextualize from a brief analysis of biopolitics the role of biometrics and the basic ethical requirements for its development in that framework.

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使用生物识别标识符的伦理问题

生物识别技术作为一种技术得到了迅速的发展，越来越多地被公众使用，并为政府和社会提供了管理公民安全的效用。它用于验证或识别个人身份，在技术上构成模式识别问题。在智利，有关处理个人数据的现有法律框架并未将特定的生物识别技术纳入其法规。一项同时考虑生物特征数据和生物特征的新法案正在制定中。此外，我们修订了过去二十年来分析生物识别技术使用的国际报告。从伦理的角度来看，这些文件的主要关注点是个人的隐私权，就以适当的道德方式应用这些新技术所必需的要素提供实际指导和讨论。最后，我们通过对生物政治的简要分析，将生物识别的作用及其在该框架中发展的基本伦理要求置于背景之中。