Internet Privacy Rights
Subtitle: Rights to Protect Autonomy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9781107042735
Subjects: Data protection; Computer security; Internet, security measures; Internet, safety measures; Privacy, right of
Description: "Internet Privacy Rights analyses the current threats to our online autonomy and privacy and proposes a new model for the gathering, retention and use of personal data. Key to the model is the development of specific privacy rights: a right to roam the Internet with privacy, a right to monitor the monitors, a right to delete personal data and a right to create, assert and protect an online identity. These rights could help in the formulation of more effective and appropriate legislation, and shape more privacy-friendly business models. The conclusion examines how the Internet might look with these rights in place and whether such an Internet could be sustainable from both a governmental and a business perspective"--