In fact, six justices viewed AO 308 as fully passing constitutional muster on privacy grounds. The other four justices did not address the right to privacy issue because they found the act invalid in that an act of Congress was required. While decisions of a foreign nation's supreme court will likely have scant influence on America's own federal and state judicial systems, this recent Philippine Supreme Court case perhaps illustrates that biometrics is truly international in terms of its applications and uses. Increasingly, as this case demonstrates, this internationalization of biometrics means that legal and policy concerns related to biometrics are going global as well. It does not presume to give legal advice nor should it be relied upon as such.
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