Biometrics: A New Mean of Surveillance and Migration Control
Belhira Kajevic · Malmö University Publications (Malmö University) · 2006
We live in an era of advanced technological innovations and it is therefore difficult to attain a proper overview of the different surveillance techniques deployed for the purpose of enhancing bureaucratic administration. The intend of this paper is to disseminate one of the new technologies on the market: the biometric technology that is an identification and verification system based on measurements of biological traits. Different approaches are used to explore and investigate the social structures, technological functions and political justifications for their validity and role in the implementation of the biometric technology. The paper also provides an overview of the different areas of political and social management that are affected by the implementation of the biometric techniques. The principal aim of this work is to examine how the implementation of the biometric techniques will affect privacy for all people, taking both information privacy and personal integrity into consideration. The secondary question deals with migration management, as the current implementation mainly involves travel documents. It focuses on the consequences of the so-called war on terror and its call for prevention of terrorism