A method of processing an audio signal containing speech data in a computing system, comprising the steps of: storing one or more user profiles that are each associated with one of one or more users of a computing system, wherein each user profile is associated with a voiceprint that was generated to uniquely characterize voice characteristics of a respective user of the one or more users of the computing system, and wherein at least one of the stored one or more user profiles is a consenting user profile that is associated with a record indicating consent to store biometric data; processing an audio signal containing speech data from at least one speaker to extract biometric data associated with said at least one speaker, wherein the speech data is received from the at least one speaker at the computing system, wherein the speech data comprises the speech of more than one speaker, and the extracted biometric data includes biometric data associated with more than one speaker; determining whether said extracted biometric data of each of said speakers corresponds to a voiceprint associated with a respective consenting user profile; responsive to determining that said extracted biometric data of each of said speakers corresponds to a voiceprint associated with a respective consenting user profile, performing at least one of: (i) processing the speech data; or (ii) storing the speech data in an archive; responsive to determining that said biometric data of at least one of said speakers does not correspond with a voiceprint associated with a respective consenting user profile: deleting the speech data within a predetermined time period. storing one or more user profiles that are each associated with one of one or more users of a computing system, wherein each user profile is associated with a voiceprint that was generated to uniquely characterize voice characteristics of a respective user of the one or more users of the computing system, and wherein at least one of the stored one or more user profiles is a consenting user profile that is associated with a record indicating consent to store biometric data; processing an audio signal containing speech data from at least one speaker to extract biometric data associated with said at least one speaker, wherein the speech data is received from the at least one speaker at the computing system, wherein the speech data comprises the speech of more than one speaker, and the extracted biometric data includes biometric data associated with more than one speaker; determining whether said extracted biometric data of each of said speakers corresponds to a voiceprint associated with a respective consenting user profile; responsive to determining that said extracted biometric data of each of said speakers corresponds to a voiceprint associated with a respective consenting user profile, performing at least one of: (i) processing the speech data; or (ii) storing the speech data in an archive; (i) processing the speech data; or (ii) storing the speech data in an archive; responsive to determining that said biometric data of at least one of said speakers does not correspond with a voiceprint associated with a respective consenting user profile: deleting the speech data within a predetermined time period. <EOS>