Recent developments in data protection at European Union level

Abstract

This article gives an overview of the main developments in data protection at European Union level.

Citizen or consumer? Contrasting Australia and Europe’s data protection policies

“…Its predecessor, the Data Protection Directive, was introduced in 1995 with the goal of harmonising data protection across the European Union and supporting a data market across the European Union (see Hijmans, 2010;. The Directive sought to balance the rights of the market and the sovereign individual rather than subsuming the individual into a broader concept of 'informational capitalism' (Castells, 2010(Castells, [1996, see also Cohen, 2012).…”

“…We pursue this argument by exploring the rhetoric around the CDR, showing how politicians and policymakers have presented the right as a solution to the problem of information asymmetry. We compare this stance to the introduction of the GDPR, which saw Europe transition from a market-oriented data protection framework to one that embraced fundamental rights and freedoms (Hijmans, 2010;. We argue that these different reform moments have resulted in two separate conceptual approaches to data, with Europe increasingly focused on fundamental rights and citizenship and Australia focused on the consumer and the market.…”

Ochrona danych osobowych i kierunki zmian w tej dziedzinie w prawie Unii Europejskiej

“…ochrony danych osobowych we wszystkich obszarach działania UE. Artykuł ten jest głównym źródłem ochrony danych osobowych w UE 50 . Ma zasięg ogólny i zastosowanie do przetwarzania danych osobowych w sektorze prywatnym i publicznym, w tym w ramach współpracy policyjnej i sądowej w sprawach karnych oraz przez instytucje, organy i jednostki organizacyjne UE.…”

Conducting research with school children and data in line with “ethical principles” lawyers at work in the ethics management of the H2020 mathisis project

“… 53 Hielke Hijmans contrasts a ‘select before collect’ approach over a ‘collect before select’ one: “In the old, data-is-scarce model, companies had to decide what to collect first, and then collect it, but with the new, data-is-abundant model, we collect first and ask questions later.” Hielke Hijmans, “Recent developments in data protection at European Union level”, ERA Forum , Issue 2, 2010, p. 222 . See also Omer Tene and Jules Polonetsky who portray the relationship of data minimisation with big data business models as “antithetical.” Omer Tene and Jules Polonetsky.…”