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Abstract
Privacy is an important fundamental human right. It underpins human dignity and other values such as freedom of association and freedom of speech. However, privacy is being challenged in the networked society. The use of new technologies undermines this right because it facilitates the collection, storage, processing and combination of personal data by security agencies and businesses. This research note presents the background and agenda of the recently-commenced research project PRESCIENT, which aims at reconceptualizing the concept of privacy and developing means for the assessment of privacy impacts.
Acknowledgements
This work was carried out in the EU-funded FP7 project PRESCIENT: Privacy and Emerging Sciences and Technologies (SIS-CT-2009-244779).
Notes
1. Note that the EU must generally respect fundamental rights as guaranteed by the ECHR by virtue of Article 6(2) of the Treaty of the European Union.
3. The Article 29 Data Protection Working Party has raised these and other issues in its recent paper. See Article 29 Data Protection Working Party and Working Party on Police and Justice. 2010. The future of privacy: joint contribution to the consultation of the European Commission on the legal framework for the fundamental right to protection of personal data, Working Paper 168. Brussels. Available from: http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/fsj/privacy/workinggroup/wpdocs/2009_en.htm