Do Airport Body Scanners Perform a Virtual Strip Search?
Gordon Brown Promises Full Body Scanners in UK Airports- Backup Video
Privacy campaigners in the United Kingdom are claiming that the images created by new full body scanners, currently under trial at Manchester airport, are so graphic that they are really a form of virtual strip search.
Strict UK child protection legislation bans the creation of indecent images of children and this is relsulting in under 18s being exempt from body scans. Civil liberties groups have called for strictly enforced safeguards to ensure that images aren’t published on the internet or distributed.
At the beginning of January 2010 a trial of the new body scanning technology was commenced at Manchester airport.The body scanner triall only started after under 18s were exempted from the security check.
Concerns have been raised in the United States where similar systems are in use and images are required to be immediately deleted. Concerns have been raised regarding the images of celebrities or those with unusual features being shared amongst airport security staff.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) have said that there are justified concerns regarding an individual’s right to privacy and the images produced by the new scanning systems. In response to these fears the UK Department of Transport has said that they were developing a staff code of practice for those using the new body scanning technology.
The alleged terrorist action to blow up an American aircraft on December 25th has led to a rush to introduce the new technology at all British airports. It has been estimated that there is only a 50 to 60% chance that the new body scanner technology would have detected the explosive materials allegedly carried by this man.
The proposed introduction of full body scanners has provoked a wide debate on the subject of civil liberties, privacy and security.
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