Target groups: CSOs representatives from across the world.
Short Description: Since the September 11th attacks, decision makers across the globe have embraced overreaching surveillance technologies. The global “War on Terror” normalized an array of invasive surveillance technologies. Collection and storage of biometrics data and the application of statistical methods to such data have been touted as uniquely suited to twenty-first century threats. Yet, biometric technologies can still pose significant risks to the right to privacy and other civic freedoms.
Countries: Worldwide.
Date: 15 July 2021.
Link to the original call (ECNL)