Bio Privacy : Privacy Regulations and the Challenge of Biometrics.
Bio-Privacy: Privacy Regulations and the Challenge of Biometrics provides an in-depth consideration of the legal issues posed by the use of biometric technology. Focusing particularly on the relationship between the use of this technology and the protection of privacy, this book draws on material ac...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken : Francis,
Taylor & amp ;
2011.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Bio-Privacy; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Table of cases; Table of legislation and other legal texts; Part I; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Background; 1.1.1 Development of biometrics; 1.1.2 Public debate; 1.1.3 State of legal research; 1.2 Subject matter and aims of this book; 1.2.1 Research objectives; 1.2.2 Research challenges; 1.3 Scope and limitations; 1.3.1 Technology; 1.3.2 Jurisdiction; 1.3.3 Privacy and data protection law; 1.4 Methodology; 1.4.1 A system-oriented analysis: allocation of risks; 1.4.2 De lege lata and de lege ferenda analyses; 1.4.3 Legal methods.
- 1.5 Resources1.5.1 Sources of law; 1.5.2 Secondary sources: the commenting literature; 1.6 Terminology; 1.7 Progression; 2. Biometric technology and its applications; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Characteristics of biometrics; 2.3 Biometric authentication vs. identification; 2.4 Biometric system operation; 2.5 Privacy and security risks of a biometric system; 2.6 Types of biometrics; 2.6.1 Fingerprint recognition; 2.6.2 Iris recognition; 2.6.3 Facial recognition; 2.6.4 Hand geometry; 2.6.5 Voice recognition; 2.6.6 Vein recognition; 2.7 Summary of biometrics; 2.8 Other related technologies.
- 2.8.1 Smart cards2.8.2 Radio frequency identification (RFID); 2.9 Biometric applications; 2.9.1 Examples of biometric applications; 2.9.2 Analysis of the examples in light of wayman's classification criteria; 2.10 Summary; Part II; 3. Rational concerns about biometric technology: security and privacy; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Special nature of biometric technology and biometric data; 3.2.1 The biological nature of biometric data and technology; 3.2.2 The automatic nature of biometric data and biometric technology; 3.3 Privacy and biometric technology.
- 3.3.1 Information privacy and biometric technology3.3.2 Physical privacy and biometric technology; 3.4 Security and biometric technology; 3.4.1 Limitations of technology; 3.4.2 Misconceptions relating to biometric technology; 3.4.3 Security problems posed by biometric technology; 3.5 Summary; Part III; 4. Regulation of biometrics by privacy and data protection law in Europe; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Sources of privacy protection; 4.2.1 Article 8 of the ECHR; 4.2.2 Convention No. 108 on Data Protection; 4.2.3 Data Protection Directive; 4.3 Privacy challenges of biometric technology on privacy law.
- 4.3.1 Scope of the privacy instruments4.3.2 Biometrics and informational privacy; 4.3.3 Biometrics and reasonable expectation of privacy; 4.4 Conclusions; 5. Biometrics and privacy protection in the United States; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Legal sources of privacy protection; 5.2.1 Privacy protection under the US Constitution; 5.2.2 Federal statutory privacy protection; 5.2.3 Actions under common law in torts; 5.3 Countering privacy risks of biometric technology through privacy law; 5.3.1 US Constitution; 5.3.2 Federal privacy statutes; 5.3.3 Common law of torts.