Dr Marcus Smith is Associate Professor in Law at Charles Sturt University and Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Canberra. He holds a PhD in law from the Australian National University. He has published widely on technology law, regulation and ethics. His previous books include: Technology Law (Cambridge University Press, 2021), Biometrics, Crime and Security (Routledge, 2018) and DNA Evidence in the Australian Legal System (LexisNexis, 2016). Professor Seumas Miller has research appointments at Charles Sturt University, TU Delft and the University of Oxford. He is the Principal Investigator on a European Research Council Advanced Grant on counter-terrorism ethics, and is the author of more than 200 academic articles and 20 books, including The Ethics of Cybersecurity (with Terry Bossomaier) (Oxford University Press, 2021) and Dual Use Science and Technology, Ethics and Weapons of Mass Destruction (Springer, 2018).

• Acknowledgment.- 1. The Rise of Biometric Identification, Fingerprints and Applied Ethics.- 2. Facial Recognition and Privacy Rights.- 3. DNA Identification, Joint Rights and Collective Responsibility.- 4. Biometric and Non-Biometric Integration: Dual Use Dilemmas.- 5. The Future of Biometrics and Liberal Democracy.- Index.

Dr Marcus Smith is Associate Professor in Law at Charles Sturt University and Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Canberra. He holds a PhD in law from the Australian National University. He has published widely on technology law, regulation and ethics. His previous books include: Technology Law (Cambridge University Press, 2021), Biometrics, Crime and Security (Routledge, 2018) and DNA Evidence in the Australian Legal System (LexisNexis, 2016). Professor Seumas Miller has research appointments at Charles Sturt University, TU Delft and the University of Oxford. He is the Principal Investigator on a European Research Council Advanced Grant on counter-terrorism ethics, and is the author of more than 200 academic articles and 20 books, including The Ethics of Cybersecurity (with Terry Bossomaier) (Oxford University Press, 2021) and Dual Use Science and Technology, Ethics and Weapons of Mass Destruction (Springer, 2018).

• Acknowledgment.- 1. The Rise of Biometric Identification, Fingerprints and Applied Ethics.- 2. Facial Recognition and Privacy Rights.- 3. DNA Identification, Joint Rights and Collective Responsibility.- 4. Biometric and Non-Biometric Integration: Dual Use Dilemmas.- 5. The Future of Biometrics and Liberal Democracy.- Index.

Dr Marcus Smith is Associate Professor in Law at Charles Sturt University and Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Canberra. He holds a PhD in law from the Australian National University. He has published widely on technology law, regulation and ethics. His previous books include: Technology Law (Cambridge University Press, 2021), Biometrics, Crime and Security (Routledge, 2018) and DNA Evidence in the Australian Legal System (LexisNexis, 2016). Professor Seumas Miller has research appointments at Charles Sturt University, TU Delft and the University of Oxford. He is the Principal Investigator on a European Research Council Advanced Grant on counter-terrorism ethics, and is the author of more than 200 academic articles and 20 books, including The Ethics of Cybersecurity (with Terry Bossomaier) (Oxford University Press, 2021) and Dual Use Science and Technology, Ethics and Weapons of Mass Destruction (Springer, 2018).

• Acknowledgment.- 1. The Rise of Biometric Identification, Fingerprints and Applied Ethics.- 2. Facial Recognition and Privacy Rights.- 3. DNA Identification, Joint Rights and Collective Responsibility.- 4. Biometric and Non-Biometric Integration: Dual Use Dilemmas.- 5. The Future of Biometrics and Liberal Democracy.- Index.