Greetings Everyone, Apologies for the break. I look forward to picking up on our work where we left off. Please review our agenda for Friday (below) Just to catch everyone up: * March 27 - no meeting too few people * April 3 - NO Meeting - Passover/Good Friday * April 10 - I had to cancel MEETING INVITE: I sent a calendar invite to everyone. Hoping it worked. iCal was failing, so I tried Outlook. We will be meeting every other week from now on, beginning Friday, April 17, 2026, at 9 AM PT/Noon PT LAST Meeting Notes - March 20th Meeting h<https://kantara.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/biometrics/pages/1682341889/BDDG+03+20+26+Meeting+Notes?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiYTAzNjI0YzkzMDdjNDRhMTg5Nzg2NWNjMTJkMzQwNWMiLCJwIjoiYyJ9>https://kantara.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/biometrics/pages/1682341889/BDDG+03+20+26+Meeting+Notes?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiY2FiY2Y2NWUyYzkzNDM4NzhhYmRkYmU5NDA1M2UzMzIiLCJwIjoiYyJ9 FRIDAY MEETING: AGENDA: https://kantara.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/biometrics/pages/1682046977/APR+17... Revisit/Update Group Purpose: We have been discussing the purpose as we brainstormed potential content for the group to develop. Original Group Purpose: The Biometric Data Discussion Group (BDDG) will address the management, security, and privacy of biometric data, from collection to destruction, with a focus on practical application and regulatory compliance. While standards do exist, they are often inaccessible to non-experts, and there is a need to decode and translate existing standards into a straightforward, practical guide for real-world application. BDDG will develop a set of recommendations and best practices for biometric data management to fill this need for use alongside existing standards. Proposed Group Purpose: The Biometric Data Discussion Group (Biometrics) will address the management, security, and privacy of biometric data, from collection to destruction, with a focus on practical applications. While standards, regulations, some social norms, and industry assumptions exist, they are often vague, inaccessible, not well understood, or simply unknown to the non-experts tasked with building, integrating, and/or deploying biometric-based solutions. There is a need for straightforward, practical guidance on product and solution development and deployment, in the form of expert recommendations, that can be used by business line, product, and technical teams to ground critical early-stage architecture, process, UIX, CX, etc., decisions on well-established best practices for biometric data management. Best practices designed to protect and preserve privacy while minimizing data exposure and other unexpected and unintentional negative impacts on PII. These recommendations and best practices aren't prescriptive for standards compliance or a replacement for internal analysis and governance. Instead, they are designed to help avoid critical-path mistakes early in product and solution development. The Biometric group will develop a set of recommendations and best practices for biometric data management to fill this need for use alongside existing relevant standards. You can find this on the wiki here: https://kantara.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/biometrics/pages/1682472962/Group+... OTHER: Two-Part Decision Tree Approach - Proposed Process Defined = https://kantara.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/biometrics/pages/1681227785/Two-pa... Group Brainstorm https://kantara.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/biometrics/whiteboard/1559691267?a... WIKI ISSUES I understand that folks are having trouble viewing the group documents on the Wiki - https://kantara.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/biometrics/overview?homepageId=150... Here is what you need to do: Please follow these instructions<https://kantara.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/LC/pages/1081528/Creating+a+Confluence+Account> to set up your Confluence account. Once completed, you may email me directly to request add/edit access to the Biometrics space. The accounts are optional, as you can view the space/notes anonymously. If you have additional questions, please reach out to staff@kantarainitiative.org<mailto:staff@kantarainitiative.org> or Amanda Gay amanda@kantarainitiative.org<mailto:amanda@kantarainitiative.org> C. Maxine Most Principal, Acuity Market Intelligence +1 720 530 5836 640 W. Linden St, Louisville, CO 80027, USA www.acuitymi.com [cid:image001.png@01D774B7.3FC6CF70]
