European Data Protection: Coming of Age

• 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, 2013.
• Subjects: Law.; Political science.; Philosophy.; Computers and civilization.; Public international law.; Public International Law.; Computers and Society.; Philosophy of Law.; Philosophy of Technology.

On 25 January 2012, the European Commission presented its long awaited new “Data protection package”. With this proposal for a drastic revision of the data protection framework in Europe, it is fair to say that we are witnessing a rebirth of European data protection, and perhaps, its passage from an...