Biometric Recognition and Behavioural Detection Assessing the ethical aspects of biometric recognition and behavioural detection techniques with a focus on their current and future use in public spaces
This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the JURI and PETI Committees, analyses the use of biometric techniques from an ethical and legal perspective. Biometric techniques raise a number of specific ethical issues, as an individual cannot easily change biometric features, and as these techniques tend to intrude into the human body and ultimately the human self. Further issues are more generally associated with large-scale surveillance, algorithmic decision making, or profiling. The study analyses different types of biometric techniques and draws conclusions for EU legislation.
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Christiane WENDEHORST, Yannic DULLER.
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- Adoption of Legislation by EP and Council
- Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
- Consumer Protection
- Contract Law, Commercial Law and Company Law
- EU Law: Legal System and Acts
- Global Governance
- Human Rights
- Internal Market and Customs Union
- Petitions to the European Parliament
- Public Health
- Security and Defence