Print Email Facebook Twitter Biometric Identification, Law and Ethics Title Biometric Identification, Law and Ethics Author Smith, Marcus (Charles Sturt University) Miller, S.R.M. (TU Delft Ethics & Philosophy of Technology; Charles Sturt University; University of Oxford) Date 2021 Abstract This book undertakes a multifaceted and integrated examination of biometric identification, including the current state of the technology, how it is being used, the key ethical issues, and the implications for law and regulation. The five chapters examine the main forms of contemporary biometrics–fingerprint recognition, facial recognition and DNA identification– as well the integration of biometric data with other forms of personal data, analyses key ethical concepts in play, including privacy, individual autonomy, collective responsibility, and joint ownership rights, and proposes a raft of principles to guide the regulation of biometrics in liberal democracies.Biometric identification technology is developing rapidly and being implemented more widely, along with other forms of information technology. As products, services and communication moves online, digital identity and security is becoming more important. Biometric identification facilitates this transition. Citizens now use biometrics to access a smartphone or obtain a passport; law enforcement agencies use biometrics in association with CCTV to identify a terrorist in a crowd, or identify a suspect via their fingerprints or DNA; and companies use biometrics to identify their customers and employees. In some cases the use of biometrics is governed by law, in others the technology has developed and been implemented so quickly that, perhaps because it has been viewed as a valuable security enhancement, laws regulating its use have often not been updated to reflect new applications. However, the technology associated with biometrics raises significant ethical problems, including in relation to individual privacy, ownership of biometric data, dual use and, more generally, as is illustrated by the increasing use of biometrics in authoritarian states such as China, the potential for unregulated biometrics to undermine fundamental principles of liberal democracy. Resolving these ethical problems is a vital step towards more effective regulation. Subject Law EnforcementBiometric IdentificationFacial RecognitionDigital FingerprintGenomic InformationPhilosophy and LawSecurity StudiesCyber SecurityMilitary EthicsApplied EthicsOA-Fund TU Delft To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d8f7710a-cc07-44c4-b5fe-85648565dbff DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90256-8 Publisher Springer ISBN 978-3-030-90255-1 Series SpringerBriefs in Ethics, 2211-8101 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type book Rights © 2021 Marcus Smith, S.R.M. Miller Files PDF 978_3_030_90256_8.pdf 1.45 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:d8f7710a-cc07-44c4-b5fe-85648565dbff/datastream/OBJ/view