A Human Rights Perspective on Privacy and Data Protection Impact Assessments

This contribution looks at the concept of privacy impact assessments (PIA) from a human rights viewpoint within the European context. It explores the possibilities and limits of PIA by identifying the useful elements in the case law of the European Court on Human Rights with regard to the right to privacy as contained in Art. 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

Journal/Publisher: Springer

Co-author/s: in David WRIGHT and Paul DE HERT (Eds.), "Privacy Impact Assessment"

Publication type: Book chapter

Number of pages/Page range: 33-76

Language/s (content): English

Date of publication: 16-09-11

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