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Some Ethical and Legal Issues of FRT

  • Ian Berle
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Part of the Law, Governance and Technology Series book series (LGTS, volume 41)

Abstract

This chapter considers some of the ethical and legal issues of FRT. Ethically FRT is problematic and legally challenging, ethically because of its intrusiveness and legally because the technology exceeds and tests the jurisprudential boundaries. Some examples of where and how FRT is used to illustrate the issues, and how privacy campaigners have responded to its burgeoning uses by commercial enterprises and government agencies.

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  • Ian Berle
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  1. 1.SuttonUK

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