European Data Protection: In Good Health?

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gutwirth, Serge (Editor), Leenes, Ronald (Editor), De Hert, Paul (Editor), Poullet, Yves (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Law.; Political science.; Philosophy.; Computers.; Law and legislation.; Public international law.; Public International Law.; Legal Aspects of Computing.; Philosophy of Law.; Philosophy of Technology.

Although Europe has a significant legal data protection framework, built up around EU Directive 95/46/EC and the Charter of Fundamental Rights, the question of whether data protection and its legal framework are ‘in good health’ is increasingly being posed. Advanced technologies raise fundamental is...