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Showing 1 to 20 of 177 for “"Data protection"”.
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Data Protection Legal Reforms in Africa
… case studies to illustrate how Europe reformed data protection regimes through the transposition of the EU Data Protection Directive of 1995. Chapter one introduces the work; explaining the forces towards data protection regulations and their basis. Chapter two provides for a ‘back-to-back' …
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Effectiveness of data protection under the GDPR
Η διατριβή αξιολογεί την αποτελεσματικότητα του GDPR στην πράξη, ιδίως στο πλαίσιο των ταχέως εξελισσόμενων τεχνολογιών, της διασυνοριακής επιβολής και των παγκόσμιων διαβιβάσεων δεδομένων. Διαπιστώνει ότι η αποτελεσματικότητα ενισχύεται από τα ισχυρά δικαιώματα και τα ένδικα μέσα των υποκειμένων …
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Personal data protection in the semantic web
… as PEDAL become feasible. PEDAL, the Personal Data Access Language, defines a vocabulary for composing policies that describe characteristics of clients who are allowed or denied access to the personal information a policy governs. Policies can be merged together using PEDAL negotiation rules. …
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Harmonisation of Data Protection Regimes in the Southern African Development Community: Considering the influence of the SADC Model Law on Data Protection and the European Union on data protection laws in SADC
This minor-dissertation considers the issue of data protection coverage within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and its importance to the Internet Telecommunications (ICT) sector in the various states of SADC but also its importance in providing protection to individuals in a …
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Privacy and data protection of computer held information
The Data Protection Act 1984 is a major piece of leglislation enacted in the United Kingdom which seeks to control the storage, processing and disclosure of computer held personal data. The Act places certain obligations upon data users, gives certain rights to providers of personal data and sets …
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Vulnerability exploration and data protection in end-user applications
… or awareness of end users, users’ sensitive data may not be properly protected in those applications and can be leaked to attackers resulting in severe consequences such as identity theft, financial loss, and privacy leakage. Therefore, exploring potential vulnerabilities and protecting …
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From Dataveillance to Data Economy: Firm View on Data Protection
… services have made available a huge amount of data about people’s behaviours, characteristics, and preferences. Advancements in data processing technology, known as big data, offer opportunities to increase organisational efficiency and competitiveness. Analytically sophisticated companies …
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Consumers' Personal Data Protection in Saudi Arabia A Comparative Analytical Study
Consumer protection, in general, depends on the nature of transactions in which consumers engage. These transactions have changed radically due to the change in trade methods. In addition, many communities have shifted from being industrial societies to information societies. These shifts have made …
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The EU police and criminal justice data protection directive : from proposal to implementation
… due to its shortcomings and deficiencies in the data protection rules it contains. It was described as a step further from the previous situation, yet far from meeting the expectations that many hoped for, in particular due to the lack of harmonisation it achieved. A year later, Art.16 of the …
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Assessing the Relevance of the Existing Legal Regime in Tanzania for Data Protection
… research work, giving the essence of personal data protection. The statement of the problem is that cyber security in Tanzania is poor to date despite the country indulging into the use of ICT as a fact of life. The background of the existing problem is identified as lack of relevant laws to …
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The information / guarantees balance - protecting informational privacy interests within the European data protection framework.
… both by the right to privacy and the right to data protection. The age of Big Data has brought with it new ways of creating and processing data, which has led to challenges to the way that individuals are protected from the use of that data. This thesis shows that a new approach is emerging in …
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Responsible AI : the praxis of AI and data protection management : negotiating innovation and FAT principles
… potential problems, and many questions on the protection of personal data have emerged. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) imposed new requirements for organisations handling personal data, and the implications for organisations managing AI technologies are particularly significant. …
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The Commodification of Personal Data: Individuals' Control Through the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation
… the online commodification of their personal data. The thesis investigates whether the intention that ‘Natural persons shall have control over their personal data’ in Recital 7 GDPR is given effect in the substantive provisions of the Regulation. Set against a backdrop of the many problems …
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Just(ifying) algorithms: Data-driven automated predictions about unobservable targets and the General Data Protection Regulation
… and make decisions about groups and individuals. Data-driven machine learning techniques, in which statistical models are developed and updated without any initial prior theory about which data are related to a classification, and how, now account for many applications. Despite increasing demand …
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Empirical Investigation of the Role of Privacy and Data Protection in the Implementation of Electronic Government in Ghana
This study investigates the role of privacy and data protection in the implementation of e-government in developing countries. It examines the privacy and data protection issues which arise when e-government is introduced in Ghana. E-government is a way that governments liaise with their various …
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A Review of Data Protection Regulations and the Right to Privacy: the case of the US and India
… that can capture individuals' personal data without their knowledge or consent poses a threat to their right to privacy and other additional human rights. The protection of the collection, storing, and transfer of users' personal data against data breaches also ensures that the right to …
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Explaining the Conceptualisation of Reputation in the Trinity of Torts: Defamation, Misuse of Private Information and Data Protection
… to pursue misuse of private information and data protection claims in response to reputational harm, when historically these claims would usually sound only in defamation. The assumption is that this cause-of-action-shopping is illegitimate, as misuse of private information and data …
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