Biometric security could be a critical component of digital services that will be provided by Australia's government.An option to use biometric security will form part of a new digital identity framework to be launched, reports InnovationAus.”Governments want this stuff because it goes to the heart of improving service experience when there are entitlements, and it avoids fraud,” Rachel Dixon, head of identity for Australia's Digital Transformation Office told the publication.”The big mission for us is not to be creepy”, said Dixon. She said that “we're not trying to be Orwellian; we are trying to be completely privacy respecting”.The government intends to make the identity service available to all agencies, Dixon added, and will provide help to smaller agencies to develop their own identity solutions.
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