This session discussed the findings of the KMF-funded project that focused on human rights implications of the use of biometrics in counter-terrorism, conducted in support of the Special Rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights and explore ways to further a human-rights-based approach to existing, emerging and future uses of biometrics.Throughout the discussion, panelists introduced the various ways in which biometric data is highly sensitive and implicates a broad range of human rights. Challenges to data-driven tools include consequences in collection, retention, use and protection. At the moment, there is a significant lack of robust protections of biometric data, thus leading to a constant repurposing of data. Watch the session recording above to learn more about why human rights considerations should govern all phases of design and development of biometric data tools.
This session featured panelists Fulco van Deventer (Co-Founder of Human Security Collective), Ilia Siatitsa (Strategy Lead at Privacy International), Karen Melchior (Danish member of the European Parliament), Daniela Eilberg (Senior Researcher at the Data Privacy Brazil Research Association), Joaquin Zuckerberg (Program Officer at the Terrorism Prevention Branch, UNODC) and Edward J. Flynn (Senior Human Rights Officer with the Counter-Terrorism Committee Exective Directorate).