The right to protection of personal data: the new posterchild of European Union citizenship?
Abstract
In this chapter we argue that the right to data protection is the posterchild of EU citizenship in the digital era. We start by providing a brief overview of the gradual construction of the right to personal data protection in the EU. We then identify a range of actors who have played a particular role in the building process, including EU citizens themselves. Next, we review the current legal ‘architecture’ of the right to the protection of personal data and discuss whether it could serve as a model for the future development of EU citizenship, notwithstanding remaining challenges at the level of national implementation and public and private compliance with EU rules. Finally, we reflect on the future of the right to data protection, and its contribution to the development of EU citizenship as a legal regime.
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citizenship, EU law, frontpage, GDPR, Privacy
Bibtex
Chapter{Irion2018c,
title = {The right to protection of personal data: the new posterchild of European Union citizenship?},
author = {Irion, K. and Granger, M.-P.},
url = {https://www.ivir.nl/publicaties/download/The-right-to-protection-of-personal-data-prepub.pdf},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788113441.00019},
year = {1031},
date = {2018-10-31},
abstract = {In this chapter we argue that the right to data protection is the posterchild of EU citizenship in the digital era. We start by providing a brief overview of the gradual construction of the right to personal data protection in the EU. We then identify a range of actors who have played a particular role in the building process, including EU citizens themselves. Next, we review the current legal ‘architecture’ of the right to the protection of personal data and discuss whether it could serve as a model for the future development of EU citizenship, notwithstanding remaining challenges at the level of national implementation and public and private compliance with EU rules. Finally, we reflect on the future of the right to data protection, and its contribution to the development of EU citizenship as a legal regime.},
keywords = {citizenship, EU law, frontpage, GDPR, Privacy},
}