Approved privacy code means

(a) a privacy code approved by the Commissioner under section 18BB of the Privacy Act; or

(b) a privacy code approved by the Commissioner under section 18BB of the Privacy Act with variations approved by the Commissioner under section 18BD.

Biometric means the biological or behavioural unique characteristic of an individual which is captured for the purposes of identification and/ or verification of the individual.

Biometric Information is any data that can be used to biometrically identify an individual. This data includes, but is not limited to, images, sounds, chemical or geometric properties. It also includes any information encrypted or unencrypted that is derived from these raw acquired biometrics, such as biometric templates or filtered or pre-processed data. It does not include non-biometric information such as name and address. It also does not include simple single factor biometric measurements, such as age, height, eye colour and place of birth, unless such simple single factor biometric measurements are used for automated verification purposes.

Biometric Providers means an individual or an organisation that provides a service and/ or product related to the installation, management of or integration of biometrics.

Biometric System means a system which uses biometrics to identify and/ or verify an individual.

Biometrics means automated methods for identifying and/or verifying an individual on the basis of some biological or behavioural unique characteristic of the individual.

Biometrics Institute Privacy Code Agreement to Comply means the agreement signed by a Code Subscriber to comply with the Biometrics Institute Privacy Code.

Code means this Biometrics Institute Privacy Code.

Code Administrator means the body outlined in subclause H.1.

Code Subscriber means an organisation that has agreed to be bound by the Code and has been approved by the Board of the Biometrics Institute in accordance with clause K.

Collection includes gathering, acquiring or obtaining information from any source, by any means. Collection may be directly from an individual or indirectly from another person or organisation. In practical terms, for biometrics, collection is likely to include, but not be limited to, the enrolment of an individual in a biometric system.