Person location and person tracking ‐ Technologies, risks and policy implications

2001/06/01 by Roger Clarke · 2 citations
Computer Science · Social Sciences · #Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis #Privacy, Security, and Data Protection #Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data

paper · doi:10.1108/09593840110695767

openalex publication_date 2001/06/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Many long‐standing technologies embody the ability to locate and track people. During the last couple of decades of the twentieth century, new technologies have been developed which greatly increase those capabilities. The nature of these technologies is described, and the processes identified whereby they are being applied to the serious detriment of civil freedoms. Implications are drawn for technology‐using organisations, for technology providers, for standards developers, for policy makers, and for privacy and data protection commissioners.

Citations

• Human Identification in Information Systems

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