Given the weakness of consent-dependent agreements in relation to profiling and prediction markets, consumer protection needs improvement.
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Today's struggles for human rights in the digital age would greatly benefit from a closer look at the past.
Turkey's strategy of repressing opposing voices in the aftermath of the failed coup of 15 July 2016 has transformed from surveilling perceived enemies and repressing specific digital content to arresting and silencing anyone who has been classified as a threat to Erdoğan's position of power.
How does the (dis)empowering surveillance practice of social sorting using big data impact on the notion of borders in Europe?
Decisive report on surveillance shakes up debate in Europe
A committee of the Council of Europe released a report on mass surveillance on 26 January 2015. Some of its recommendations are expected to influence the debate heavily.
The European Data Governance Forum taking place this week galvanised two core ethical principles, reports Francesca Musiani.
PRISM: No surprise to those who wanted to know
We knew the US (and other governments) were watching us, many politicians and engineers said after The Guardian and the Washington Post published information about the spy programme PRISM, which allows US agencies access to all of your whereabouts on the net.
The last years have seen a growing politicisation of intellectual property issues, especially those relative to the internet. Sebastian Haunss assesses the current state of the policy field and draws attention to three parallel processes, which structure the future development of intellectual property policies related to the internet: the growing