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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457502103321

Autore

Liu Nancy Yue.

Titolo

Bio-privacy : privacy regulations and the challenge of biometrics / / Nancy Yue Liu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-283-44134-9

9786613441348

0-203-80408-2

1-136-63815-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Disciplina

342.08/58

Soggetti

Privacy, Right of

Biometric identification - Law and legislation

Data protection - Law and legislation

Biometry - Law and legislation

Technological innovations - Law and legislation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A GlassHouse Book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. -- pt. 2. -- pt. 3. -- pt. 4.

Sommario/riassunto

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 across 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 dealt with under the law? What principles are applied? Is the current regulation satisfactory? Is it applied consistently? And, mo