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- Title
GOOGLE IT! -THE EU APPROACH TO TECHNOLOGY AND THE RISK FOR THE RIGHTS OF PRIVACY OF ITS CITIZENS.
- Authors
ROQUE, MIGUEL PRATA
- Abstract
This text corresponds to the reviewed oral conference held before the International Conference "The European Union and its Citizens" that was organized in Cascais, Portugal, for the occasion of the opening of the European Public Law Organization (EPLO)'s Portuguese branch. Its purpose is to question the clash between the wonders of technology and scientific discoveries and, on the other hand, the risks for the rights of individuals, especially the right to privacy. Accordingly, the article adopts the image of Jeremy Bentham's Panopticon, in order to portray the contemporary Digital Age (and its digital prisons). It questions the abuse of the collection of Big Data by public and, especially, by private entities and analyzes the growing consolidation of a system of permanent social surveillance that has its "top-down" and "bottom-up" mechanisms. Furthermore, taking into consideration the developments of EU Law, it addresses the emergence of the "right to be forgotten" as a fundamental right of each citizen and proposes legal and comprehensive measures in order to impose its respect.
- Subjects
RIGHT of privacy; TECHNOLOGY; SCIENTIFIC discoveries; BENTHAM, Jeremy, 1748-1832; BIG data; EUROPEAN law
- Publication
European Review of Public Law, 2019, Vol 31, Issue 2, p475
- ISSN
1105-1590
- Publication type
Article