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Social networks are becoming overcrowded. Every day people share millions of files, videos and pictures, and the massive use of social networks is replacing other communications channels such as telephone, e-mail or sms. However, these networks are often used without knowing the possible repercussions. Gazela  is a platform with the aim to provide the general society and especially teenagers with the necessary tools to allow them to guarantee their privacy while using social networks. Gazela ’s activity is focused on three main elements: surveillance services, protection services and legal advising services.

Abstract

Complying with the European Union (EU) perspective on human rights goes or should go together with handling ethical, social and legal challenges arising due to the use of biometrics technology as border control technology. While there is no doubt that the biometrics technology at European borders is a valuable element of border control systems, these technologies lead to issues of fundamental rights and personal privacy, among others. This paper discusses various ethical, social and legal challenges arising due to the use of biometrics technology in border control. First, a set of specific challenges and values affected were identified and then, generic considerations related to mitigation of these issues within a framework is provided. The framework is expected to meet the emergent need for supplying interoperability among multiple information systems used for border control. This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37545-4_7 Document type: Part of book or chapter of book