The (uncertain) future of online data privacy

Vol.9,No.1(2015)

Abstract

In this article I will address a somewhat eclectic selection of data privacy topics that I think are of particular significance, including:

  • Some international developments in the data privacy law area;
  • Extraterritoriality issues including the ‘jurisdictional lasagne’;
  • The recently decided Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) case on the so-called ‘right to be forgotten’;
  • ‘Big Data’ and the Internet of Things; and
  • The concept of ‘consent’.

Keywords:
Data Privacy; Data Protection; Privacy; Extraterritoriality; Google Spain; Right to be forgotten; Big Data; Internet of Things; Consent

Pages:
p. 129–153
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