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New Technologies and the Impact on Personality Rights in Brazil
As technology continues to evolve at an exponentially increasing pace, it transforms our lives and societies, thus shaping our perceptions of reality with high speed and impacting the relationship between the individual and the society, including businesses and, as a result, the legal system. The young area of law is trying to explore the effects of new technologies in our relationships with it, as well as identify the best use of new technologies to reduce the gap among new technology, new societal behaviors and various legal systems. The purpose of this paper is to examine the current uses of wearable technologies in Brazil and the legal issues emerging from the various uses of these technologies and their impact on personality rights. So, to what extent do the Brazilian users of emerging technologies appreciate the terms and conditions agreed by themselves and their impact on personality rights? The authors used empirical quantitative data from a cross-section of Brazilian users to explore the level of awareness in regards to the terms and conditions associated with the use of emerging technologies and the impact on their personality rights. The authors found that the large majority of these users of technology are unaware of the adverse impact of the agreed terms and conditions on their personality rights. Furthermore, they are also unaware of the basics of how the technology operates and therefore are unable to enforce their rights. The research is based on data collected by using only one survey with a sample of 500 students from three universities in three Brazilian States with an age range between 18 and 40 years old. This paper extends the previous research on the impact of emerging technologies on personality rights and demonstrates with empirical data that there is a serious risk of erosion of such rights. Furthermore, this research provides a unique insight into the users of emerging technologies in the emerging Brazilian market and the impact on the Brazilian legal system
Data Extraction and Forensic Analysis for Smartphone Paired Wearables and IoT Devices
Wearable devices and Internet of Things (IoT) devices have marked the beginning of a new era in forensic science. Data from smart home gadgets and wearable devices can serve as an important witness in civil as well as criminal cases. Thus data extracted from these devices has started to impact and transform litigation. Data collected from wearable devices can help determine truths in witness testimony since these devices document several types of activities of an individual at all times. Increased use of smart home devices also opens a new window for investigators. The collective data extracted from wearables and smart home devices can help investigators view the detailed events that have happened in an environment in a larger context, and give them better perspectives in the case under investigation. Our work aims to provide a solution to the challenges faced by the investigators in both extracting and analyzing the sheer volume of extracted data, and illustrates techniques to automatically highlight anomalies and correlations in the time series data collected from these devices
Connected Discovery: What the Ubiquity of Digital Evidence Means for Lawyers and Litigation
More than ten years ago, the Zubulake case raised awareness of the importance of digital evidence in litigation. At that time, for many lawyers, the discovery process consisted of collecting paper documents, manually reviewing those paper documents, and responding to document requests by producing paper documents. Digital evidence existed, but was more limited in scope and volume than it is today. Back then it was often overlooked or not recognized as a potential source of valuable evidence to be obtained in discovery
Forensic investigation of small-scale digital devices: a futuristic view
Small-scale digital devices like smartphones, smart toys, drones, gaming consoles, tablets, and other personal data assistants have now become ingrained constituents in our daily lives. These devices store massive amounts of data related to individual traits of users, their routine operations, medical histories, and financial information. At the same time, with continuously evolving technology, the diversity in operating systems, client storage localities, remote/cloud storages and backups, and encryption practices renders the forensic analysis task multi-faceted. This makes forensic investigators having to deal with an array of novel challenges. This study reviews the forensic frameworks and procedures used in investigating small-scale digital devices. While highlighting the challenges faced by digital forensics, we explore how cutting-edge technologies like Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Science may play a role in remedying concerns. The review aims to accumulate state-of-the-art and identify a futuristic approach for investigating SSDDs
Privacy and the Internet of Things: Why Changing Expectations Demand Heightened Standards
Entertainment consoles, wearable monitors, and security systems. For
better or worse, internet-connected devices are revolutionizing the
consumer products industry. Referred to broadly as the Internet of Things
(IoT), this ‘smart’ technology is drastically increasing the means, scope,
and frequency by which individuals communicate their personal
information. This Note explores the disruptive impact of IoT consumer
devices on the U.S.’s patchwork system of privacy protections. After
presenting a high-level survey of several key regulatory issues, this Note
argues that the proliferation of IoT devices exposes a fundamental flaw in
the Katz “reasonable expectation of privacy” standard. As individual
expectations of privacy rapidly and inevitably deteriorate, societal norms
will follow suit, resulting in a Fourth Amendment standard, which is
incompatible and outdated in this new, interconnected reality
Medical Cyber-Physical Systems Development: A Forensics-Driven Approach
The synthesis of technology and the medical industry has partly contributed
to the increasing interest in Medical Cyber-Physical Systems (MCPS). While
these systems provide benefits to patients and professionals, they also
introduce new attack vectors for malicious actors (e.g. financially-and/or
criminally-motivated actors). A successful breach involving a MCPS can impact
patient data and system availability. The complexity and operating requirements
of a MCPS complicates digital investigations. Coupling this information with
the potentially vast amounts of information that a MCPS produces and/or has
access to is generating discussions on, not only, how to compromise these
systems but, more importantly, how to investigate these systems. The paper
proposes the integration of forensics principles and concepts into the design
and development of a MCPS to strengthen an organization's investigative
posture. The framework sets the foundation for future research in the
refinement of specific solutions for MCPS investigations.Comment: This is the pre-print version of a paper presented at the 2nd
International Workshop on Security, Privacy, and Trustworthiness in Medical
Cyber-Physical Systems (MedSPT 2017
The right to privacy through the development of smart technologies : how our personal health data is affected
L’évolution de la technologie, nonobstant ses apports, peut enfreindre certains de nos droits
fondamentaux puisqu’elle se développe plus rapidement que ces derniers. Ce mémoire vise à
relever les défis que les technologies intelligentes peuvent poser tant sur la santé des
communautés que sur les droits fondamentaux. La thèse porte sur les contraintes juridiques,
présentes et à venir, notamment sur le droit à la vie privée à travers le développement et l’usage
des technologies intelligentes qui captent notre information personnelle en lien avec la santé. Plus
précisément, ce travail analyse si les bénéfices de l’accès à notre information à travers les
technologies intelligentes en vue d’améliorer la santé et la sécurité des populations surpassent les
conséquences juridiques.
Ce travail explore, entre autres, le potentiel des technologies intelligentes, leurs avantages
individuels et collectifs, notamment en matière de santé publique, et les violations des droits de
l’Homme que leur usage peut générer. Mais encore, il présente des innovations technologiques
qui permettent d’améliorer les systèmes de santé étatiques afin d’être en mesure de mieux réagir
aux futures épidémies, notamment au niveau international, comme à l’OMS. Ces données, suivies
des autres complications possibles du fait d’un usage accru des technologies intelligentes qui
restreignent notre vie privée, permettront de conclure si une telle intrusion peut être justifiée dans
une société libre et démocratique.
Finalement, ce travail regarde les limites de l’acceptabilité sociale de l’intrusion dans la vie
privée en échange à de meilleures conditions de santé afin que les organes étatiques et supraétatiques puissent prendre des décisions éclairées, sans que les droits constitutionnels soient
violés. Ce travail permettra de comprendre les enjeux que notre système judiciaire inévitablement
devra surmonter en proposant des stratégies visant la prévention des maladies et autres problèmes
de santé à travers l’usage des technologies intelligentes. Une des solutions principales proposées
est la création de bases de données nationale et internationale à l’OMS qui captent les données
des appareils intelligents portables.The evolution of technology, notwithstanding its benefits, can negatively impact some of our
fundamental rights as it develops faster than the latter. Indeed, this thesis aims to meet challenges
generated by smart technologies and the impact they can have on the health of communities as
well as on our fundamental rights. This thesis focuses on the legal constraints, present and to
come, including the right to privacy, through the development and use of smart technologies that
seize our personal health information. More specifically, this work seeks to analyze whether the
benefits of accessing our information through smart technologies to improve the health and safety
of populations outweigh the legal consequences.
This work explores the potential of smart technologies, the interest in using them individually
and collectively, especially in the public health sector, and the human rights violations their use
can generate. Moreover, it looks at technological innovations that help improve State health
systems to be able to better respond to future epidemics, particularly at the international level,
such as at the WHO. These data, followed by other possible complications due to the increased
use of intelligent technologies that restrict our privacy, will allow us to conclude whether such an
intrusion in our right to privacy can be justified in a free and democratic society.
Finally, this work examines the limits of the social acceptability of the invasion of privacy in
exchange for better health conditions so that States and supra-State bodies can make informed
decisions, without violating constitutional rights. This work will help us understand the issues
that our judicial system will inevitably face while proposing strategies for the prevention of
diseases and other health problems through the use of smart technologies. One of the main
proposed solutions is the creation of a national and international database at the WHO generated
by the data of smart health devices
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