Ethics of Facial Recognition Technology in UK

Individual report

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Facial Recognition Technology and its uses................................................................................3
Controversy associated with the use of Facial Recognition Technology....................................4
Principles of ethics.......................................................................................................................5
Ethics of facial recognition technology.......................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Ethical issues is a situation where moral conflicts arises. It occurs when a decision creates
conflicts with the moral principles and it involves both individuals and businesses. Introduction
of the latest technology helps businesses in enhancing their business operation and achieving
business goals. The advancement in technology is does not elicit but raises ethical and moral
issues. The information technology, biotechnology and nuclear technology are the major
innovation raising these issues. This report explores technological advancement and the
increasing use of facial recognition technology (FRT) in the field of biometric technology. It is
structured to provide a thorough perspective of facial recognition technology including its
current and potential uses and the emerging controversies associated with the use of the
technology both for and against. Also, analysing the ethics of the facial recognition technology
on the basis of principle of utilitarianism, deontology and Rawls Theory of justice. Based on all
this, conclusion is drawn about the ethicality of facial recognition technology in UK.
MAIN BODY
Facial Recognition Technology and its uses
Facial recognition is a software application which is having the capability to identify and
verify the person by analysing the facial patterns of the person. This software analyses the facial
features and match it with the database and identify who you are (Akhtar and Rattani, 2017). In
private sector, it is widely used in advertisement and marketing purposes with individual
customers profiled and identified to predict their preferences based on their facial expression
(Kranzberg, 2019). The recent evolution of artificial intelligence has opened new possibilities in
public sector also which includes law and border management. Currently it is been used in a
variety of different ways. Some of its application is stated below.
Device security: Many apps and devices are using facial recognition for the purpose of
protecting data (Basak, Jia and Lei, 2018). As even a secure password cannot guarantee security
of account and information because hackers are more skilled and they have many ways to hack
the information so people have turned to facial recognition. This application requires user face to
unlock the device or access the private data.
Identifying genetic disorders: These applications are also used in healthcare centres as
well. There are healthcare apps like Face2Gene that uses facial recognition to identify and detect