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Human rights and risks in the digital era globalization and the effects of information technologies /

"Globalization, along with its digital and information communication technology counterparts, including the Internet and cyberspace, may signify a whole new era for human rights, characterized by new tensions, challenges, and risks for human rights, as well as new opportunities. Human Rights an...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Other Authors: Akrivopoulou, Christina., Garipidis, Nicolaos, 1971-
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), 2012.
Subjects:
Information technology > Social aspects.
Human rights.
Digital privacy
Digital security
Data protection
Freedom of expression
Digital freedoms
Digital liberties
Human rights
Personal information
ICT
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Balancing digital freedoms and digital liberties / Julie Nolin, Bobbe Cummins Colburn
  • 2. The "right to be forgotten" in the era of social media and cloud computing / Maria Giannakaki
  • 3. The right to public privacy under surveillance : CCTV technology and the myth of "public security" / Christina M. Akrivopoulou
  • 4. The right to privacy and the protection of personal data in a digital era and the age of information / William Bülow, Misse Wester
  • 5. Data retention and security in Europe : towards a new right to digital privacy / Clara Marsan Raventós
  • 6. Assessing the evaluation of the EC data retention directive / Nóra Ní Loideain
  • 7. Private power and new media : the case of the corporate suppression of WikiLeaks and its implications for the exercise of fundamental rights on the Internet / Angela Daly
  • 8. State aid control in the broadcasting sector : has the right balance been struck between competition and public sector broadcasting? / Konstantina Bania
  • 9. Biometric authentication in the digital age : rights, risks, and responsibilities / Raymond Anthony, Bogdan Hoanca, Kenrick Mock
  • 10. The better part of valor : meeting current human needs online without compromising future selves / Shalin Hai-Jew
  • 11. E-government for social inclusion? / Marios Papandreou, Naoym Mylonas
  • 12. Addressing social inclusion via eDemocracy applications : which role for human rights? / Evika Karamagioli
  • 13. Human rights, the global war on transnational terror and the mixed roles of ICT (a meta-analysis) / Shalin Hai-Jew
  • 14. The concept of the "other" : migration, human rights and formalized identity building processes in Europe / Daniele Ruggiu
  • 15. The (rebuttable) presumption of the European Union member states as "safe countries" under the Dublin regulation / Cristina Contartese
  • 16. Cultural property and identity issues in international law : the inadequate protection of the cultural heritage of indigenous people / Athanasios Yupsanis
  • 17. Inequality in the freedom of movement in the Union: an analysis of Roma's deportation by France / Knut Furnier.

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