Data Protection in a Profiled World

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gutwirth, Serge (Editor), Poullet, Yves (Editor), De Hert, Paul (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Subjects: Law.; Political science.; Science.; Public international law.; Criminology.; Public International Law.; Philosophy of Law.; Science, general.; Political Science.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.

One of the most challenging issues facing our current information society is the accelerating accumulation of data trails in transactional and communication systems, which may be used not only to profile the behaviour of individuals for commercial, marketing and law enforcement purposes, but also to...