Embedded technologies are technologies encapsulated by the device they control. The difficulty in distinguishing technology elements is a key factor to being classified as embedded. There are some potentially significant applications of embedded technology for security, crime prevention and antiterrorism. This is a reason for serious ethical concern. According to EU Data Protection Directive (art.7 par.1) no data collection can go unnoticed of the subject that is being monitored. The goal is that the individual is aware of all types of data about him/her that are collected. Yet this is exactly what embedded technologies prevent. There is loophole to escape from this legal dilemma, because art.7 par.2 states that par.1 is not applied in case of “processing of data relating to offences, criminal convictions or security measures”. Yet is it legitimate to extend the concept of “security measures” to any technology used in any context? The growing proliferation of embedded technologies, the emergence of an “Internet of things”, cannot be conceptualised as the never-ending growing of an indistinct “security area”.
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