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System and method for protecting the privacy and security of stored biometric data

US7522751B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

DAON HOLDINGS LIMITED · KY

Inventors

Conor Robert White · Dublin, IE
Michael Peirce · Dublin, IE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 22, 2005
Grant date	Apr 21, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 13, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2209/04
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A data storage system that protects privacy and ensures security includes a plurality of nodes in a networked architecture, the nodes being adapted to securely communicate and co-operate with one another to allow storage and retrieval of data. A single piece of biometric data is associated only with a blinded identifier and securely divided across one or more nodes, adapted for data storage. The data itself and the link to the original individual, from whom the biometric was acquired, cannot be obtained without the co-operation of two or more nodes.

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