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terça-feira, março 29, 2005
The European Commission this week adopted an opinion on the ethical aspects of ICT implants in the human body
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"Efforts should be made to make sure that such ICT implants are not used to create a two-class society," the EC said. "Access to ICT implants for enhancement should only be for the purpose of bringing children or adults into the 'normal' range for the population... A second permissible purpose would be to improve health prospects, such as enhancing the immune system to be resistant to HIV, for example."
What, however, is not acceptable is using such implants to track individuals or to discover data about them.
"ICT implants due to their network capability could be misused in several ways for all kinds of social surveillance or manipulation... In some cases, the implantation of microchips with the potential for individual and social forms of control is already taking place.
"The EGE stresses the importance that not only the individual has the right to protect his or her own personal data but that society should take care that online and surveillance systems, where they are permitted, should not become systems of untenable restriction."
The EC, however, believes that using implants as surveillance tools is acceptable, as long as government has legislated for it first.
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"Efforts should be made to make sure that such ICT implants are not used to create a two-class society," the EC said. "Access to ICT implants for enhancement should only be for the purpose of bringing children or adults into the 'normal' range for the population... A second permissible purpose would be to improve health prospects, such as enhancing the immune system to be resistant to HIV, for example."
What, however, is not acceptable is using such implants to track individuals or to discover data about them.
"ICT implants due to their network capability could be misused in several ways for all kinds of social surveillance or manipulation... In some cases, the implantation of microchips with the potential for individual and social forms of control is already taking place.
"The EGE stresses the importance that not only the individual has the right to protect his or her own personal data but that society should take care that online and surveillance systems, where they are permitted, should not become systems of untenable restriction."
The EC, however, believes that using implants as surveillance tools is acceptable, as long as government has legislated for it first.
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silicon.com
posted by CMT, 1:25 da manhã
