Johan HolmqvistProfessional Ethics Mälardalens högskola Västerås,

 Definition Observation/monitoring of a behavior From french, ”Watching over”  Loss of privacy

 The state of being free from intrusion/disturbance in one’s private life

 Telephone tapping  Surveillance cameras  Computer surveillance  Bugs  Electronic trails  Biometric surveillance

 Fingerprints  DNA  Iris recognition  Voice recognition  Facial recognition

Step 1: Image capturedStep 2: Computer software analyzes the picture Step 3: Data from the previous step is checked against a database, a match is found

 Tool for law enforcement  Security companies  Used by shops  Used by companies to monitor employees

 Interception of communication by the police after obtaining court order or a warrant  New legislation has been proposed

 Article 12 in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.”

 Michel Foucault compared modern society with Jeremy Benthams design for prisons; Panopticon.  Social control based on surveillance

 For our protection  There’s a line which we should not cross