Henry Broch & Company Biometric Information Retention Policy

 

1. Purpose

1.1 To establish Henry Broch & Company retention schedule and guidelines for the destruction of biometric identifiers and biometric information.

2. Definitions

2.1 "Biometric identifier" means a retina or iris scan, fingerprint, voiceprint, or scan of hand or face geometry. This policy incorporates the definition of biometric identifier utilized by the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, 740 ILCS 14/10.

2.2 "Biometric information" means any information, regardless of how it is captured, converted, stored, or shared, based on an individuals’ biometric identifier used to identify an individual. This policy incorporates the definition of biometric information utilized by the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, 740 ILCS 14/10. Unless specifically stated otherwise, the term "biometric information" as used in this Policy shall refer to both biometric identifiers and biometric information as defined in this section.

3. Retention Schedule and Guidelines

3.1 Henry Broch & Company policy is to use biometric information in accordance with all applicable laws, including the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, 740 ILCS 14/1, et seq.

3.2 Henry Broch & Company will store, transmit, and protect from disclosure all biometric information using the reasonable standard of care within the industry and in the same manner as Henry Broch & Company stores, transmits, and protects other confidential and sensitive information.

3.3 Henry Broch & Company will keep this policy publicly available on its website.

3.4 An employee’s Biometric Information (i.e., biometric template) will be retained only until the initial purpose for collecting or obtaining the biometric identifiers or information has been satisfied, or within 3 years of the employee’s last interaction with the Company, whichever occurs first.