Cover image for Privacy in the 21st Century.
Privacy in the 21st Century.
Title:
Privacy in the 21st Century.
Author:
Rengel, Alexandra.
ISBN:
9789004192195
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (280 pages)
Series:
Studies in Intercultural Human Rights ; v.5

Studies in Intercultural Human Rights
Contents:
Privacy in the 21st Century -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Fundamental Rights -- I. The Philosophical Origins of Human Rights Law -- A. Natural Law -- B. Positive Law -- II. The Development of Human Rights Law from Natural and Positive Law Principles -- Chapter 2: What Is Privacy? -- I. Defining Privacy, Its Origins and Its Importance -- II. The Concept of Privacy -- III. The Right to Privacy: An Overview -- Chapter 3: Threats to Privacy in Modern Times -- I. New Technologies Affecting Privacy -- A. Identity Cards -- B. Biometrics -- C. Communications and Surveillance -- 1. Video Surveillance and CCTV -- 2. Unmanned Aerial Systems (Drones) -- 3. Internet Surveillance -- 4. Workplace Surveillance -- 5. International Surveillance -- 6. Global Positioning System (GPS) -- 7. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) -- D. Social Networks -- Chapter 4: The General Right to Privacy as a Norm of International Law -- I. Treaties as a Source of International Law -- A. Treaties and the General Right to Privacy -- II. Customary International Law as a Source of International Law -- A. Customary International Law and the General Right to Privacy -- Chapter 5: Salient Issues: The Right to Privacy in Specific Contexts -- I. Search and Seizure -- A. International Law and Jurisprudence -- B. State Practice -- II. Intimate Conduct -- A. International Law and Jurisprudence -- B. State Practice -- III. Data Protection -- A. International Law and Jurisprudence -- B. State Practice -- Chapter 6: Privacy in the Age of Terrorism -- I. The Exchange of Privacy for Security -- II. The Backlash: Civil Liberties Reconsidered and a Reclaiming of the Right to Privacy -- Chapter 7: Appraisal and Recommendations.

I. Balancing The Right To Privacy Against Other Societal Interests -- II. The Effect of Globalization on Technology -- III. Technology, Knowledge, and Privacy by Design -- IV. The Future of Privacy -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Privacy Protections in the Constitutions of Countries -- Index.
Abstract:
In Privacy in the 21st Century Alexandra Rengel offers an assessment of the International right to privacy within both a historical and modern context with a focus on the legal aspects of the right, its evolution and its future protection.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
Electronic Access:
Click to View
Holds: Copies: