Although the GDPR paves the way for a coordinated EU-wide legal action against data protection infringements, only a reform of private international law rules can enhance the opportunities of data subjects to enforce their rights.
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The "Enabling act” passed by the Hungarian parliament on 30 March 2020 empowered the Hungarian government with uncontrolled opportunity to rule by decrees. The act also amended the criminal code. The new rules are suitable to limit free and critical reporting about governmental measures.
In the wake of the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal, it is timely to review the state of the debate about the impact of data-driven elections and to identify key questions that require academic research and regulatory response. The papers in this collection, by some of the world’s most prominent elections researchers, offer that assessment.
This paper discusses how online political micro-targeting is regulated in Europe, from the perspective of data protection law, freedom of expression, and political advertising rules.
Data ethics has gained traction in policy-making. The article presents an analytical investigation of the different dimensions and actors shaping data ethics in European policy-making.
This special issue brings together the best policy-oriented papers presented at the 2017 Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) conference in Tartu, Estonia.
This paper examines three historical imaginaries associated with encryption, considering how they are intertwined in contemporary policy debates.
Openness, inclusion and empowerment – how do these buzzwords determine the directions of access policy?
How has policy reacted to the post-Snowden surveillance discourse in the UK? This paper identifies eight dynamics.
One multi-stakeholder process is not like another, but how can we distinguish those that promote meaningful inclusion from those that don't?
