The Emergence of Personal Data Protection as a Fundamental Right of the EU

• Main Author: González Fuster, Gloria (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Law, Governance and Technology Series, 16
• Subjects: Law.; Computers.; Law and legislation.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; Constitutional law.; Human rights.; Intellectual property > Law and legislation.; International IT and Media Law, Intellectual Property Law.; Legal Aspects of Computing.; European Law.; Constitutional Law.; Human Rights.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.

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 r...

Table of Contents:

• Dedication
• Acknowledgements
• Abbreviations
• Table of contents
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Part A
• Chapter 2: Privacy and the Protection of Personal Data Avant la Lettre
• Chapter 3: The Surfacing of National Norms on Data Processing in Europe
• Chapter 4: The Materialisation of Data Protection in International Instruments
• Part B
• Chapter 5: The Beginning of EU Data Protection
• Chapter 6: EU Fundamental Rights and Personal Data Protection
• Chapter 7: The Right to the Protection of Personal Data and EU law
• Chapter 8: Conclusions.