Ethical implications of digitised medical and biometric data

• Main Authors: Siew, Siang-Ting, R., Mohd-Nor, S., Swartzman, Terrin, Lim
• Format: Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/8462/1/Ethical.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/8462/
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

In this paper, ethical implications of data collection, use and retention of medical and biometric data in biometrics and medical applications are identified. These implications are discussed in the context of five main ethical rinciplesprivacy, confidentiality, security, property and ownership, an...