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In 2024 the Commonwealth Bank made a policy change to collect and use biometric data from users PCs and Smartphones. | In 2024 the Commonwealth Bank made a policy change to collect and use biometric data from users PCs and Smartphones. | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
The Commonwealth Bank expanded on their measures to secure accounts from scams and fraud by announcing CommBank Safe. Part of these measures included the collection of biometric (such as fingerprints and facial features_ and behavioural profile information (such as your keystroke typing patterns or scrolling or swiping activity).<ref>2. Collection, use and sharing - Commonwealth Bank Group Privacy Statement - https://www.commbank.com.au/support/privacy.html?ei=CB-footer_privacy</ref> | The Commonwealth Bank expanded on their measures to secure accounts from scams and fraud by announcing CommBank Safe. Part of these measures included the collection of biometric (such as fingerprints and facial features_ and behavioural profile information (such as your keystroke typing patterns or scrolling or swiping activity).<ref>2. Collection, use and sharing - Commonwealth Bank Group Privacy Statement - https://www.commbank.com.au/support/privacy.html?ei=CB-footer_privacy ([http://web.archive.org/web/20260101010504/https://www.commbank.com.au/support/privacy.html?ei=CB-footer_privacy Archived])</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Group Privacy Statement |url=https://www.commbank.com.au/support/privacy.html?ei=CB-footer_privacy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623082504/https://www.commbank.com.au/support/privacy.html?ei=CB-footer_privacy |archive-date=2020-06-23 |access-date=2026-02-10 |website=CommBank}}</ref> | ||
The Commonwealth Bank provided no 'sandbox' around securing this information and it can be utilised for anything in their privacy policy including, being shared with third parties or used to train their own AI tools. | The Commonwealth Bank provided no 'sandbox' around securing this information and it can be utilised for anything in their privacy policy including, being shared with third parties or used to train their own AI tools. | ||