Research project SURVEILLE - Surveillance: Ethical Issues, Legal Limitations, and Efficiency SURVEILLE is a cutting-edge and cross-disciplinary collaborative research project funded by the European Commission analyzing the ethical issues, legal limitations and efficiency of the use of surveillance technologies for the prevention, investigation and prosecution of serious crime. Print Share: Share on Facebook Share on BlueSky Share on X Share on LinkedIn Send by email This project received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no. 284725 This examination of the types of surveillance technology deployed in Europe identifies its costs and benefits and assesses legal and ethical issues raised by its use in the prevention, investigation and prosecution of terrorism and other crime – including those related to fundamental rights. In the European Parliament's resolution of 29 October 2015 on the electronic masssurveillance of EU citizens, this project was commended for its methodology for assessing surveillance technologies that takes legal, ethical and technological considerations into account. This project was funded by the European Commission, through the EU's 7th Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration. Click below to download materials from SURVEILLE: SURVEILLE Briefing Note SURVEILLE Deliverable D4.10 All downloadable materials