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About the Project
This unique and innovative cross-disciplinary network has been established to examine the use of tracking devices (non-removable wearable devices that enable location monitoring or tracking of wearers by third parties) in a variety of settings and across jurisdictions including criminal justice, immigration, mental health, dementia, terrorism and children’s services.
The Arts and Humanities Research Council funded network brings together for the first time academics, policy-makers, designers and practitioners from different domains to explore the ethical, legal, social and technical issues arising from the current and future use of wearable tagging and tracking devices.
Briefing Papers
Events
The network hosted four events during 2016 and 2017 which were open to all.
Tracking people: looking to the future
The conference disseminated the principle findings drawing out core themes from preceding events.
Tracking people: technological and methodological challenges
This seminar explored the current state of tracking devices and examined the potential for technologies to be improved by considering the challenges across domains.
Tracking people: legal and ethical debates
This seminar explored the legal and ethical issues arising from actual and potential uses of tracking devices across a range of contexts.
Tracking people: scoping the landscape and debates across domains
This seminar examined the current landscape and debates in the use of tracking devices across a range of domains.