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The importance of privacy by design and data protection impact assessments in strengthening protection of childrenU+2019s personal data under the GDPR Universiteit Gent
How Standards Co-Shape Personal Data Protection in the European Banking Sector Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Attention for the protection of personal data has increased in recent years, but the preponderance of privacy-related scandals shows there is still a clear need for practical guidance. Companies and industries often argue for guidance in the form of standards, which are thought to have several benefits, such as creating a level playing field internationally, promoting interoperability, and allowing for straightforward conformity assessments. ...
The Social Construction of Personal Data Protection in Smart Cities Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Cities are striving to become ‘smart’. What exactly a smart city signifies is debatable, but the designation most often refers to an intensification of ICT use and data use by local authorities, and seeking closer collaboration with other stakeholders. Whereas the concept of the smart city is not clearly delineated, the same can be said for the requirements for personal data protection under the GDPR. In this paper, we apply a social ...
Security and the future of personal data protection in the European Union Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The security/privacy nexus has generated much attention in the European Union (EU) during the last years. In the context of the establishment of EU's Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, the EU has promoted a broad spectrum of measures serving a wide understanding of security (ranging from crime prevention to immigration control), and characteristically entailing the massive processing of information about individuals,2 be it through the ...
Personal protection by long-lasting insecticidal hammocks against the bites of forest malaria vectors Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Opinion for the Council of Europe for the 37th Bureau meeting of the Consultative Committee of the Convention for the Protection of individuals with regard to automatic processing of personal data (T-PD-BUR) on the compatibility of the Global Cross Border Universiteit Gent
The present opinion investigates whether the provisions of the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data as well as of the pending modernisation thereof raise any concerns and barriers for the functioning of bilateral or multilateral agreements between privacy enforcement agencies wishing to cooperate in order to enforce data privacy laws in cross-border proceedings.
The Emergence of Personal Data Protection as a Fundamental Right of the EU Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This book explores the coming into being in European Union (EU) law of the fundamental right to personal data protection. Approaching legal evolution through the lens of law as text, it unearths the steps that led to the emergence of this new right. It throws light on the right's significance, and reveals the intricacies of its relationship with privacy.
The right to personal data protection is now officially recognised as a EU ...
The right to personal data protection is now officially recognised as a EU ...
How Uninformed is the Average Data Subject? A Quest for Benchmarks in EU Personal Data Protection Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Information obligations have always been crucial in personal data protection law. Reinforcing these obligations is one of the priorities of the legislative package introduced in 2012 by the European Commission to redefine the personal data protection legal landscape of the European Union (EU). Those responsible for processing personal data (the data controllers) must imperatively convey certain pieces of information to those whose data is ...
How uninformed is the average data subject? A quest for benchmarks in EU personal data protection Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Information obligations have always been crucial in personal data protection law. Re- inforcing these obligations is one of the priorities of the legislative package introduced in 2012 by the European Commission to redefine the personal data protection legal landscape of the European Union (EU). Those responsible for processing personal data (the data controllers) must imperatively convey certain pieces of information to those whose data are ...