Surveillance technology - Riri Matsushima
Surveillance technology has benefits for society and individuals lives. For example, CCTV can solve or reduce crime. Another example is tracking cookie, which allows companies to advertise effectively. However, personal information collected by surveillance technology is often used for crime. In one case, there were an incident that an officer was using number plate recognition to monitor the movement of an individual. There is also no end to incident that personal information collected by companies is traded by insiders or third-party. In addition, beliefs and medical history may be used to disadvantage individuals based on discrimination or prejudice. And those problems are not adequately addressed now. As mentioned at the beginning, surveillance technology has many benefits. Legislation is needed to ensure that they are used correctly.