A biometric identification system enabling biometric authentication without a user providing his or her biometric data to an authentication entity, including an interface for data input/output with an electronic device in a state attached to an attachment part provided at the electronic device or data input/output by proximity wireless communication with the electronic device, a biometric data detecting means for acquiring the biometric data from a living subject, a memory for storing identification use biometric data used for the biometric identification in a secure state, and a controlling means for performing processing for comparing the biometric data acquired by the biometric data detecting means with the identification use biometric data stored in the memory for identification and processing for outputting a predetermined request or predetermined data to the electronic device via the interface on the condition that the comparison processing has judged coincidence in the secure state.