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| January 5, 2010 | UK airports' strip-search scanners may breach child porn laws | | London: Privacy campaigners in Britain claim that the full body scanners introduced at airports in the country threaten to breach child protection laws, which ban the creation of indecent images of children. The campaigners said that
the images created by the 80,000 pounds scanners are so graphic that they amount
to "virtual strip-searching" and have called for safeguards to protect the privacy
of passengers involved. The Gordon Brown government now faces demands to exempt under 18s from the scans or face the delays of introducing new legislation to
ensure airport security staff do not commit offences under child pornography laws.
They also face demands to ensure that the images from the scanners, including
those of celebrities, do not end up on the Internet. Meanwhile, the UK Department
for Transport confirmed that the "child porn" problem was among the "legal and
operational issues" under discussion in Whitehall. "We understand the concerns
expressed about privacy in relation to the deployment of body scanners. It is
vital staff are properly trained and we are developing a code of practice to ensure
these concerns are properly taken into account," The Guardian quoted a Department
for Transport spokesman, as saying. "Existing safeguards also mean those operating
scanners are separated from the device, so unable to see the person to whom the
image relates, and these anonymous images are deleted immediately," the spokesman
added. | |
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