Essays about: "Edward Snowden"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Edward Snowden.

  1. 1. GDPR Compliance in EU-US Data Transfers - Examining the impact of the EU Commission’s 2023 adequacy decision on surveillance risks

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Linda Kidwell; [2024]
    Keywords : General Data Protection Regulation; Adequacy Decision; EU Commission; Surveillance law; Third country data transfers; US intelligence agencies; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : International data transfers serve to support the global economy, facilitating international collaboration and economic expansion. However this increased productivity comes at a cost, namely amplified personal data privacy and security risks. READ MORE

  3. 2. Digital Surveillance in the name of National Security

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Jacob Kristiansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Normative Analysis; Deontology; Consequentialism; Paternalism; Edward Snowden; National Security Agency; Surveillance; Big Data; Intelligence; Disclosures.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Surveillance has throughout history been a widely discussed phenomenon and the debate over the delicate balancing of state power vis-à-vis privacy in the pursuit of national security equally so. In 2013, Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA had been conducting digital surveillance globally and it represents a tipping point in the history of surveillance. READ MORE

  4. 3. Schrems Cases: Are Rules Clarified?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Ke Xu; [2022]
    Keywords : Schrems Case; Data Protection; Cross Border Data Flow; GDPR; Privacy Shield; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : According to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), there are “equivalent adequate” (Article 45), “appropriate safeguards” (Article 46), “derogations” (Article 49) as options to perform the cross- border data transfer. Privacy Shield, together with its predecessor Safe Harbor, was introduced with the purpose to facilitate the data transfer between EU and the United States in compliance with EU laws. READ MORE

  5. 4. A Matter of Privacy: How the substantial rule of law ensures fundamental rights in a digital era

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Christopher Andersson; [2021]
    Keywords : EU law; EU; electronic communication; CJEU; Constitutional law; Rule of Law; Ronald Dworkin; Privacy Law; Fundamental Rights; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : I en alltmer digital värld överförs elektronisk information varje sekund till alla delar av världen. Denna elektroniska information övervakas av stater och dess offentliga myndigheter, vars övervakningsförmåga läcktes redan 2013 av Edward Snowden. READ MORE

  6. 5. Media Discourse of the Right to Privacy under Surveillance: An analysis of the media coverage from post-9/11 to post-Snowden US

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Kuntal Roy; [2018-09-21]
    Keywords : Privacy; surveillance; critical discourse analysis; media construction; media representation; national security; social control;

    Abstract : The right to privacy in the age of surveillance is a long-standing controversial issue. This controversy first heightened in 2001, after 9/11 terrorist attacks; and again in 2013, after Edward Snowden‘s mass surveillance disclosure. READ MORE