Border Control and Use of Biometrics: Reasons Why the Right to Privacy Can Not Be Absolute

2022/01/10 by Mohamed Abomhara, Sule Yildirim Yayilgan, Abomhara, Mohamed +6
Computer Science · Social Sciences · #Criminal Law and Evidence #European Criminal Justice and Data Protection #International Law and Aviation #cs.CY

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2201.03410

arxiv created 2022/01/10 · arxiv updated 2022/01/11

Abstract

This paper discusses concerns pertaining to the absoluteness of the right to privacy regarding the use of biometric data for border control. The discussion explains why privacy cannot be absolute from different points of view, including privacy versus national security, privacy properties conflicting with border risk analysis, and Privacy by Design (PbD) and engineering design challenges.

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