The EC Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC emphasises the role of transparency in fair and lawful processing of personal data. This study describes the results from sending forty requests for access to data held and information on processing to controllers of personal data in Finland. The results...

Recent developments in mobile technologies have produced a new kind of device: a programmable mobile phone, the smartphone. In this article, the authors argue that the technological and social characteristics of this device make it a useful tool in social sciences, particularly sociology, social...