The purpose of the study was to identify the challenges for the protection of personal data produced by current social and technical phenomena such as the Internet, globalisation, the increasing ubiquity of personal data and personal data collection, the increasing power and capacity of...

The purpose of the study was to identify the challenges for the protection of personal data produced by current social and technical phenomena such as the Internet, globalisation, the increasing ubiquity of personal data and personal data collection, the increasing power and capacity of...

The recent events in the Middle East and North Africa have demonstrated the potential of online social media as a tool of political activism, as well as the counter-measures this has provoked from repressive regimes. This potential, and State responses so far, raise significant human rights...

With around 2.3 billion users, the Internet has become part of the daily lives of a significant percentage of the global population, including for political debate and activism. While states are responsible for protecting human rights online under international law, companies responsible for...

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the LIBE Committee, examines reforms to the legal framework for the exchange of personal and other data between the EUand the USA that would be necessary...

This paper explains why for UK companies wishing to trade with the EU, a “No-Deal Brexit” is all “lose – lose” in data protection terms: they lose the advantages the GDPR grants to EU-based companies while still being required to comply with the stringent GDPR requirements, and while...

This paper reproduces Part One of The DPO Handbook (SSRN publication 3428957) that provides guidance for data protection officers in the public and quasi-public sectors on how to ensure compliance with the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679), written by...

Modern information technologies have given governments an unprecedented ability to monitor our communications. This capability can be used to fight terrorism and serious crime through targeted surveillance that is proportionate and subject to judicial control. What we have witnessed, however -...

This is an Executive Summary of the Opinion, the full text of which is also available from my SSRN page. It consists of a summary with a one-page “at a glance” overview of my findings and conclusions.Available at https://ssrn.com/abstract=4436951

This report is one of 11 country reports produced for the "New Challenges to Data Protection" study, commissioned by the European Commission, and describes the ways in which the French data protection law addresses the challenges posed by the new social-technical-political environment described...