How to assess privacy violations in the age of Big Data? Analysing the three different tests developed by the ECtHR and adding for a fourth one external link

Information & Communication Technology Law, vol. 24, num: 1, pp: 74-103., 2015

Abstract

It is commonly believed that privacy cases are resolved by balancing the private interest (e.g. personal autonomy) and the common interest (e.g. national security) involved with a particular privacy violation. Clearly, this approach no longer holds in the age of Big Data, in which massive amounts of personal data are gathered without a pre-established goal. Not only is the balancing test inapplicable because it is often unclear how certain data gathering and processing initiatives improve the societal interest, but it is also hard to demonstrate whether and if so how an individual has suffered from such massive data processing systems. Besides the balancing test, however, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) applies two other tests when dealing with privacy issues. Both have an added value when applied to privacy violations following from Big Data processes. Still, if Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is to retain its significance in the new technological environment, it might be necessary to develop a new test, the rudiments of which might already be found in the Court's case law.

botsing fundamentele rechten, Grondrechten, Privacy, Recht op gegevensbescherming, recht op privacy, verwerking persoonsgegevens voor persoonlijke doeleinden

Bibtex

Article{nokey, title = {How to assess privacy violations in the age of Big Data? Analysing the three different tests developed by the ECtHR and adding for a fourth one}, author = {van der Sloot, B.}, url = {http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13600834.2015.1009714#}, year = {0424}, date = {2015-04-24}, journal = {Information & Communication Technology Law}, volume = {24}, number = {1}, pages = {74-103.}, abstract = {It is commonly believed that privacy cases are resolved by balancing the private interest (e.g. personal autonomy) and the common interest (e.g. national security) involved with a particular privacy violation. Clearly, this approach no longer holds in the age of Big Data, in which massive amounts of personal data are gathered without a pre-established goal. Not only is the balancing test inapplicable because it is often unclear how certain data gathering and processing initiatives improve the societal interest, but it is also hard to demonstrate whether and if so how an individual has suffered from such massive data processing systems. Besides the balancing test, however, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) applies two other tests when dealing with privacy issues. Both have an added value when applied to privacy violations following from Big Data processes. Still, if Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is to retain its significance in the new technological environment, it might be necessary to develop a new test, the rudiments of which might already be found in the Court\'s case law.}, keywords = {botsing fundamentele rechten, Grondrechten, Privacy, Recht op gegevensbescherming, recht op privacy, verwerking persoonsgegevens voor persoonlijke doeleinden}, }

Annotatie bij Hof van Justitie van de EU 11 december 2014 (Ryneš / Úřad pro ochranu osobních údajů) external link

European Human Rights Cases, num: 3, 2015

botsing fundamentele rechten, Grondrechten, Privacy, Recht op gegevensbescherming, recht op privacy, verwerking persoonsgegevens voor persoonlijke doeleinden

Bibtex

Case note{nokey, title = {Annotatie bij Hof van Justitie van de EU 11 december 2014 (Ryneš / Úřad pro ochranu osobních údajů)}, author = {van der Sloot, B.}, url = {http://www.ivir.nl/publicaties/download/1542.pdf}, year = {0424}, date = {2015-04-24}, journal = {European Human Rights Cases}, number = {3}, keywords = {botsing fundamentele rechten, Grondrechten, Privacy, Recht op gegevensbescherming, recht op privacy, verwerking persoonsgegevens voor persoonlijke doeleinden}, }