privacy concerns that could create a regulatory backlash, restraining the data economy and stifling innovation. In fact, the … principles of privacy and data protection must be balanced against additional societal values, such as economic efficiency … uses of data and individual privacy, governments should address an appropriate structure of privacy law, including …

This paper examines threats to privacy and anonymity accompanying underlying technical changes related to the Internet … in public affairs, and hinder public participation in democratic discourse. Legal and policy barriers to citizen privacy … protections and the tension between privacy and open data (for the public good) are then identified and discussed. This paper …