The EU Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) is proposing a far-reaching "European Cybersecurity Certification Scheme for Cloud Services" (EUCS) to be established in the European Union (EU). According to the latest draft of August 2023, leaked by Politico in September 2023, the...

Access to data and systems of Electronic System Organizers (ESOs) is a sensitive issue because it is considered a means of coercion (dwang middelen) that might infringe personal data protection, freedom of speech, individual privacy that also related to intellectual property rights and trade...

The adoption of a Global Digital Compact (GDC) as one of the outcomes of the Summit of the Future opens up the opportunity to address in a systematic manner issues that are of critical importance for the digital global governance. It also poses a challenge to developing countries, as most of...

With the large-scale deployment of Information and Communication Technologies markets for products and services related to personal data and privacy are thriving. Yet, to date, there has been little effort to systematically map these markets. In this IPACSO White Paper, a methodology is proposed...

This policy brief outlines the chronology of the developments since Edward Snowden leaked the documents on large-scale electronic surveillance, including PRISM and Tempora programmes, the policy implications and the public's response. It concludes that the nature of the debate has shifted from a...

Um in einer (bald wieder) globalisierten Welt effektiv wirksam zu sein, sollten nicht nationale Regierungen, sondern die WHO eine globale Contact-Tracing-App erstellen.

Die Datenerhebung mit neuer Informationstechnologie - also mit Smartphones, Wearables und anderen Sensoren - eröffnet der Wissenschaft ungeahnte Potenziale. Sensoren können Daten z.B. zu Aufenthaltsorten, Bewegungen, Geräuschen, Lichtverhältnissen, Medien-Nutzung, Video- und Sprachaufnahmen...

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