Privacy Technology Center

Emerging Technologies and Sample Solutions

Technologies
E911 Mobile Phones IR Tags GPS

Benefits to Society	Privacy Concerns Voiced
Improved Navigation Improved Rescue Forgery prevention Keyless Entry/Security systems Improves supply-chain management yielding affordable goods and services Improved consumer safety through more accurate product recall	Privacy loss due to associations between tag and holder Publicly available tag output may not be sufficiently anonymous to protect holder privacy Tags on medical products may compromise patient or medical privacy Tags or GPS in workplace objects or company vehicles raises issues of workplace privacy GPS information shared with the automotive industry without customer control or awareness GPS information used to enforce virtual speed control when driving Law enforcement tracking of individuals by mobile phone without search warrant protection

Solution	Description
Blocking devices	Physical devices to control unwanted reporting.

Point location query restriction	Answer aggregate queries from a point location database without sharing sensitive location information.

Privacy Impact
A. Video, wiretapping and surveillance B. Civil liberties, illegal search D. Employment, workplace privacy

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