12: Full or Pseudo Anonymisation
The IRIS application requires saving driver images and heart-rate signals to create an unbiased dataset and improve personalized drowsiness detection. From a legal and ethical standpoint, would full anonymization of the data (leading to retention for up to 5 years, even after profile deletion) or pseudo-anonymization (allowing for a user-requested "right to be forgotten" delete functionality) would allow to use them without any legal implications?
17 Answers
Answered: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
By: Chiamakaokorie
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Answered: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
By: Tundefasina
Yes, additional issues arise. Incidental data capture of passengers without consent creates risks of unlawful processing, lack of transparency, and proportionality violations. Ethically and legally, IRIS must implement data exclusion mechanisms, signage, and privacy-by-design measures to avoid capturing non-drivers.
Answered: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
By: Zainabodogwu2
Passenger privacy risk → consent issues
• Minimize data collection → only drivers
• Notifications/visibility required
Answered: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
By: Oliverharrow
Yes
Answered: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
By: Ngozioshoba
Full anonymization offers stronger privacy protection but may limit personalization. Personalization can be acceptable if combined with strict security and deletion rights. The priority is reducing identifiability while preserving fairness.
Answered: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
By: Efeadelaja
Yes, capturing passengers’ biometric or health data without consent raises GDPR violations, ethical consent issues, and legal liability for the operator.
Answered: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
By: Meilincai
Yes
Answered: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
By: Kelechinwosu
This falls under GDPR Article 9 as health data. It is ethically "intimate" because it can reveal non-target conditions like heart disease, stress, or pregnancy. Legally, the risk is that IRIS could be reclassified as a Medical Device if its primary function is monitoring physiological health.
Answered: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
By: Beatricelorne
Yes because it is more likely that there are people who use public services that don't consent to the processing of data
Answered: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
By: Zainabodogwu32
Deploying IRIS in taxis, buses, or other public service vehicles introduces distinct ethical and legal challenges.
Passengers who are incidentally captured by cameras may have no contractual relationship with the system provider and may not have provided informed consent. Ethically, this creates an imbalance of power and undermines autonomy. Legally, it risks unlawful processing of personal data, as passengers may be recorded without a valid lawful basis.
To mitigate this, IRIS would need:
Strict camera positioning and masking to avoid capturing passengers.
Real-time blurring or exclusion mechanisms.
Clear signage and transparency notices.
Failure to implement such measures could result in GDPR violations and reputational damage, even if the system’s primary purpose is driver safety.
Answered: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
By: Miles_Hatcher
Yes. Deploying IRIs raises ethical and legal issues regarding passenger privacy and lack on consent
Answered: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
By: Aminaolorun
Yes it is illegal
Answered: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
By: Clarawhitby
Yes there are
Answered: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
By: Ifeanyiakare
Consent challenges
Privacy intrusion
Ethical duty
Answered: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
By: Kunleekwueme
Deploying the IRIS application in public service vehicles does raise distinct ethical and legal issues, primarily concerning data privacy and consen
Answered: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
By: Sadeogunlana
Yes
Answered: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
By: Tomashbrook
Yes, a lot of issues will arise.
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