Ethics and policy of biometrics : third International Conference on Ethics and Policy of Biometrics and International Data Sharing, ICEB 2010, Hong Kong, January 4-5, 2010 : revised selected papers

The past decade has seen tremendous growth in the demand for biometrics and data security technologies in applications ranging from law enforcement and immigration control to online security. The benefits of biometrics technologies are apparent as they become important technologies for information security of governments, business enterprises, and individuals. At the same time, however, the use of biometrics has raised concerns as to issues of ethics, privacy, and the policy implications of its wi- spread use. The large-scale deployment of biometrics technologies in e-governance, e-security, and e-commerce has required that we launch an international dialogue on these issues, a dialogue that must involve key stakeholders and that must consider the legal, poli- cal, philosophical and cultural aspects of the deployment of biometrics technologies. The Third International Conference on Ethics and Policy of Biometrics and Inter- tional Data Sharing was highly successful in facilitating such interaction among - searchers, policymakers, consumers, and privacy groups. This conference was supported and funded as part of the RISE project in its ongoing effort to develop wide consensus and policy recommendations on ethical, medical, legal, social, cultural, and political concerns in the usage of biometrics and data security technologies. The - tential concerns over the deployment of biometrics systems can be jointly addressed by developing smart biometrics technologies and by developing policies for the - ployment of biometrics technologies that clearly demarcate conflicts of interest - tween stakeholders. Front Matter....Pages - Challenges Posed by Biometric Technology on Data Privacy Protection and the Way Forward....Pages 1-6 The Dangers of Electronic Traces: Data Protection Challenges Presented by New Information Communication Technologies....Pages 7-13 Privacy and Biometrics for Authentication Purposes: A Discussion of Untraceable Biometrics and Biometric Encryption....Pages 14-22 From the Economics to the Behavioral Economics of Privacy: A Note....Pages 23-26 Legislative and Ethical Questions regarding DNA and Other Forensic "Biometric" Databases....Pages 27-39 Are We Protected? The Adequacy of Existing Legal Frameworks for Protecting Privacy in the Biometric Age....Pages 40-46 Have a Safe Trip Global Mobility and Machine Readable Travel Documents: Experiences from Latin America and the Caribbean....Pages 47-54 On Analysis of Rural and Urban Indian Fingerprint Images....Pages 55-61 Privacy Protection in High Security Biometrics Applications....Pages 62-69 Face Recognition and Plastic Surgery: Social, Ethical and Engineering Challenges....Pages 70-75 Human Face Analysis: From Identity to Emotion and Intention Recognition....Pages 76-88 Creating Safe and Trusted Social Networks with Biometric User Authentication....Pages 89-95 Ethical Values for E-Society: Information, Security and Privacy....Pages 96-101 Ethical Issues in Governing Biometric Technologies....Pages 102-114 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Determine the Social Impacts of Biotechnology....Pages 115-120 Medical Safety Issues Concerning the Use of Incoherent Infrared Light in Biometrics....Pages 121-126 The Status Quo and Ethical Governance in Biometric in Mainland China....Pages 127-137 Building an Ecosystem for Cyber Security and Data Protection in India....Pages 138-145 The Unique Identification Number Project: Challenges and Recommendations....Pages 146-153 The Unique ID Project in India: A Skeptical Note....Pages 154-168 Back Matter....Pages -

This volume constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Third International Conference on Ethics and Policy of Biometrics and International Data Sharing, ICEB 2010, held in Hong Kong, during January 4-5, 2010. The 25 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. The papers are organized in topical sections on Privacy Protection and Challenges, Legal Challenges, Engineering and Social Challenges, Ethical and Medical Concerns, Policy Issues and Deployments in Asia, Challenges in Large Scale Biometrics Identification.