Title :
Cybercrimes against Consumers: Could Biometric Technology Be the Solution?
Author :
Mills, J.E. ; Byun, Sangjin
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Consumer & Family Sci., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN
Abstract :
Although information technology´s positive impacts on businesses and individuals are substantial, cybercrime continues to represent one of the greatest threats in the digital world. Advances in biometric technology´s capabilities hold promise for solving this problem by offering users greater protection, but more legislative and social-policy work is needed to help realize the technology´s full potential. In the near term, however, organizations can begin by incorporating users´ security and privacy concerns into their biometric policies in terms of data collection, storage, access, and use
Keywords :
biometrics (access control); computer crime; consumer protection; legislation; biometric technology; cybercrime; data collection; information technology; social-policy work; users security; Bioinformatics; Biometrics; Computer applications; Computer crime; Data privacy; Data security; Guidelines; Law; Protection; Secure storage; cybercrime; cybertrust; pharming; phishing;
Journal_Title :
Internet Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MIC.2006.73
