Technology Invasion: Violation of Right to Privacy

Three Generations of Human Rights

What is privacy

Article No. 12 of Universal Human RightsDeclaration

No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference withhis privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor toattacks upon his honor and reputation. Everyone hasthe right to the protection of the law against suchinterference or attacks.

Privacy is different from secrecyand security

Potential technological threats toour privacy

• In the name ofSecurity

• Artificial Intelligence-Data mining, patternassessment, speechrecognition, imageanalysis, robotics,social machines etc.

Potential technological threats toour privacy

• Surveillance –Internet, Places(Digital spying)and people-(RFID) & Mobile(GPS)

Potential technological threats toour privacy

Social net working-

• Identity theft

• Sexual predators

• Stalking

• Unintentional fame

• Employee tracking

• Employment fraud

• Online victimization

Potential technological threats toour privacy

Biometrics-

• Body scanning

• Facial recognition

• Fingerprints scanning

• Iris/retina scanning

• DNA profiling

• Brain scanning

• Polygraph

• Metal detectors

Possible ways out

• Privacy impactassessment for securitymeasure

• More refined technology

• Maintaining data integrity

• Avoid unnecessarysurveillance

• People and agencies beethical in data business

Conclusion

Technology could be usedas both protecting anddestroying the Right toprivacy as well as otherhuman rights.

We need fourthgeneration human rights

Grover Vijay K

D A V College of Education

Abohar

grovervijayk@gmail.com