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EU: Statewatch Analysis: Rethinking the EU Security Research Programme by Ben Hayes

01 June 2011

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EU: Statewatch Analysis: Rethinking the EU Security Research Programme (pdf) by Ben Hayes: Submission by Statewatch in response to Section 4 (‘Securing the citizen and the society’) of the European Commission’s consultation on an Industrial Policy for the Security Industry:

"It is imperative that any changes bought about in FP7 or the next EU framework research programme offer more than ‘cosmetic’ compliance mechanisms. In this regard, we are very concerned that this consultation limits the scope of ethical concerns to matters related to personal data protection, creating a danger that other important societal impacts and ethical issues will be overlooked.

This will only fuel growing public concern about the development and implementation of a range of new security technologies such as biometric IDs, risk profiling and the use of surveillance ‘drones’. What is at stake with these and other technologies goes far beyond privacy and data protection to core questions around the legitimacy and desirability of maximum security societies. If ethics and societal impacts are to be properly addressed in current and future EU security research programmes then a more fundamental reappraisal is necessary."

More information: Statewatch’s work on the European Security Research Programme

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