Bio-Privacy: Privacy Regulations and the Challenge of Biometrics

ISBN-13: 9780415677905 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 296 str.

Nancy Yue Liu

Opis

'Bio-Privacy' 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, it draws on material across a range of jurisdictions in order to explore several key questions.

Spis treści

Part I: Chapter 1, Introduction; Chapter 2, Biometric Technology and its Applications; Part II: Chapter 3, Rational Concerns about Biometric Technology: Security and Privacy; Part III: Chapter 4, Regulations of Biometrics by Privacy and Data Protection Law in Europe; Chapter 5, Biometrics and Privacy Protection in the United States; Chapter 6, "Privacy Regulations on Biometrics in Australia"; Part IV: Chapter 7, Property Rights for Biometric Information – a Viable Protection measure?; Chapter 8, "Scenario Study of Biometric Systems at Borders"; Chapter 9, Towards an Appropriate Regulatory Approach for Bio-Privacy; Part V: Chapter 10, Concluding Remarks and Future Vision

O autorze

Nancy Yue Liu is a research fellow at Norwegian Research Center for Computer and Law, and her main are of interests lie in legal issues about security and privacy. She is winner of the 2010 and 2007 Best Student Paper Award in the International Conference on Legal, Security and Privacy Issues in IT Law.