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Bio-Privacy

by Nancy Yue Liu

"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 acorss a range of jurisdictions in order to explore several key questions. What are the privacy issues in the biometric context? How are these issues currently dealth with under the law? What principles are applied? Is the current regulation satisfactory? Is it applied consistently? And, more generally, what is the most appropriate way to deal with the legal implications of biometrics? Offering an analysis, and recommendations, with a view to securing adequate human rights and personal data protection, Bio-Privacy : Privacy Regulations and the Challenge of Biometrics will be an important reference point for those with interests in the tension between freedom and security"--Provided by publisher.