Rethinking Law and Order: Navigating Citizen Rights in an Age of Uberveillance
Channel: Katina Michael
Date: 2018-12-25

Location is fundamental to every interaction that happens on Earth. Increasingly, the personal and work-related smart devices we use are packed with sensors that record the who (ID), where (location), when (time), and how (mode of transport/condition) of a user’s daily chronicle. Both commercial initiatives and law enforcement motivations have been responsible for generating big data for user convenience and security purposes. This presentation will address issues related to law, regulation and policy as they pertain to real-time monitoring and tracking of things and people, that we have called uberveillance. We consider colliding stakeholder perspectives in demonstrated case law, in the race to go beyond intelligence toward evidence, and ask fundamental questions about the rights of citizens. Is the warrant search process broken? Are service providers keeping too much information? How do citizens maintain their privacy? Social, technological, legal and ethical principles and processes will be highlighted throughout this case-based talk toward a holistic approach to information management in practice.