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Do You Trust Airport Body Scanners?

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.

UK child protection laws ban the creation of indecent images of children and it is looking like under 18s will be exempt from the scans. Other civil liberties groups have called for safeguards to ensure that images derived from the new full body scanners don’t end up published on the internet or elsewhere.

A 12 month trial of the new body scanning system was commenced at Manchester airport at the beginning of January 2010.The body scanner triall only started after under 18s were exempted from the security check.

Similar systems are in use in the United States where images are required to be deleted immediately. 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) has said that new scanning devices risked breaching an individual’s right to privacy under the Human rights act. To address these fears the UK Department of Transport are developing a code of practice that will prevent staff from sharing or distributing images derived from body scanners.

The recent alleged attempt to blow up an American aircraft on December 25th by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab has led to the rushed proposal to introduce new security technology at 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 new body scanning technology has raised concerns regarding privacy and civil liberties.

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