HIDE – Homeland Security, Biometric Identification & Personal Detection Ethics

Policy Forum on Contextual Integrity

Activity Leader: The Hastings Center
Scientific Coordinator: Tom Murray

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Past Policy Forum Meetings

• June 5-6, 2009 in Prague, Czech Republic
  

  Download relevant documents

  • Background and Agenda
  • List of Participants
  • Key Themes

  Background Readings

  Background Readings for Introductory and Overview Sessions, Friday, June 5, 2009

  Framing Themes: Democracy, Security, Surveillance, Public/Private Spheres

  • Froomkin, M.: The Death of Privacy, Stanford Law Review, Vol. 52, 2000, pp. 1461-1543.
  • Hansson, Mats G.: The Private Sphere: An Emotional Territory and Its Agent, Dordecht: Springer, 2007.
  • Liberatore A.: Balancing Security and Democracy, and the Role of Expertise: Biometrics Politics in the European Union, European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, Vol. 13, No. 1-2, 2007, pp. 109-137.
  • Marx, Gary T.: Murky Conceptual Waters: The Public and the Private,
    Ethics and Information Technology, Vol. 3, No. 3, 2001, pp. 157-169.
  • Mordini E.: Nothing to Hide: Biometrics, Privacy and Private Sphere,
    in Biometrics and Identity Management, ed. Schouten, B., N. C. Juul, A. Drygajlo and M. Tistarelli, New York: Springer, 2008.
  • Nissenbaum H.: Protecting Privacy in the Information Age: The Problem of Privacy in Public, Law & Philosophy, Vol. 17, No. 7, 1998, pp. 559-596.
  • Solove D. J.: 'I've Got Nothing to Hide' and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy,
    San Diego Law Review Vol. 44, 2007, pp. 745.
  • Surveillance Studies Network: A Report on the Surveillance Society, 2006.

  Disciplinary and Philosophical Perspectives on Privacy

  • Cohen, J. E.: Privacy, Visibility, Transparency, and Exposure, University of Chicago Law Review Vol. 75, No. 1, 2008, pp. 181-201.
  • deHert, P.: Biometrics: Legal Issues and Implications, Background paper for the Institute of Prospective Technological Studies, DG JRC, Sevilla: European Commission, 2005.
  • Rouvroy, A.: Privacy, Data Protection, and the Unprecedented Challenges of Ambient Intelligence, Studies in Ethics, Law, and Technology, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2008.
  • Solove, D.: Conceptualizing Privacy, California Law Review, Vol. 90, 2002, pp. 1087-1155.
  • Westin, A. F.: Social and Political Dimensions of Privacy, Journal of Social Issues, Vol 59, No. 2, 2003, pp. 431-453.

  Background Readings for Workshop Sessions, Saturday, June 6, 2009

  Privacy and Health Research/Medical Databanks

  • Electronic Privacy Information Center. Medical Privacy (US Perspectives).
  • Singapore Bioethics Advisory Committee: Personal Information in Biomedical Research, 2007.
  • Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology: Data Protection & Medical Research, postnote No. 235, London, 2005.

  Privacy and DNA Databanks for Law Enforcement/National Security

  • Nuffield Council: The Forensic Use of Bioinformation, London: Nuffield Council, 2007.
  • The National DNA Database: Annual Report 2004-2005, London: Home Office, 2006.
  • EU Court of Human Rights, Case 30562/04: S and Marper v. the United Kingdom [2008] ECHR 1518.
  • UK Human Genetics Commission: A Citizens' Inquiry into the Forensic Use of DNA and the National DNA Database, 2008.
    (includes "Introduction by the HGC Working Group," "Citizens" Report," "Summary of Conclusions," "Contractor's Report," "Evaluation Report," and "Consultation Questions")

  Policy Options for Privacy Protection

  • House of Lords, Select Committee on the Constitution: Surveillance: Citizens and the State,
    2^nd Report of Session 2008-09,
    Volume I: Report, HL Paper 18-1, London, 2009.
  • Commission de l'ethique de la Science et de la Technologie: In Search of Balance: An Ethical Look at New Surveillance and Monitoring Technologies for Security Purposes, Quebec, Canada, 2008.
  • House of Commons, Home Affairs Committee: A Surveillance Society? Fifth Report of Session 2007-2008, Volume 1, 2008.
  • Institute for Prospective Technological Studies: Security and Privacy for the Citizen in the Post-September 11 Digital Age: A Prospective Overview. A Report to the European Parliament Committee on Citizens. Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE). 2003.
  • American Bar Association, Standing Committee on Law and National Security: The Cantigny Principles on Technology, Terrorism, and Privacy, National Security Law Report, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 14-16, 2005.
  • The National Research Council, Committee on Technical and Privacy Dimensions of Information for Terrorism Prevention and Other National Goals: Protecting Individual Privacy in the Struggle against Terrorists. A framework for Program Assessment, 2008.