HIDE – Homeland Security, Biometric Identification & Personal Detection Ethics

Focus Groups on System Interoperability

The mission of the HIDE Focus Group on System Interoperability is to become the preeminent international forum for discussion, analysis, and debate on ethical issues associated with interoperability in biometrics and personal detection systems.

Ethical Brief on System Interoperability of Biometrics and Personal Detection Technologies

Activity Leader: International Biometric Group
Scientific Coordinator: Victor M. Lee

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Past Focus Group Meetings

• June 21, 2010 in London, United Kingdom
  

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  • Background and Agenda
  
  
• December 7, 2009 in King's College London (Guy's Campus), United Kingdom
  

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  • Agenda
  • Report
  
  
• September 15, 2008 in London, United Kingdom
  

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  • Background and Agenda
  • List of Participants
  • Overview Presentation by Victor M. Lee (IBG)
  • Presentation by Benjamin Schouten (Centre of Mathematics and Computer Science)
  • Presentation by Asbjörn Hovsto (ITS NO)

  Key Reference Documents

  • European Parliament and Council (1995): Directive 95/46/EC, October 24, 1995.
  • The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) (2006): Newsletter Nr. 3 March 14, 2006.
  • ISO/IEC JTC1 SC37 WG6 (2005): Biometrics and Accessibility, April 10-11, 2005
  • European Community (2000): Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, December 18, 2000
  • Anton Alterman (2003): "A Piece of Yourself": Ethical issues in biometric identification, 2003