A digital image capture device and method for operating the same are provided. The digital image capture device has a digital image capture device comprising: a housing (20); a digital image capture system (22); a biometric reader (70) adapted to sense biometric data of a user; a wireless communication circuit (54) adapted to transmit wireless signals to a remote database and to receive authorization signals from the remote database; a processor (26) adapted to control and enable operation of the digital image capture system (22), the wireless communication circuit (54) and the biometric reader (70), wherein the processor (26): is adapted to cause biometric data to be read from a user, and wirelessly transmitted to a remote database so that the remote database can compare the sensed biometric data to stored biometric data and will transmit an authorization signal when the sensed biometric data corresponds to stored biometric data, said processor further being adapted to determine a set of authorized actions for a user of the digital image capture device based upon an authorization signal transmitted by the remote database; with said processor further being adapted to execute actions as requested by the user when the requested actions are within the set of authorized actions.