Intrusion in the Sphere of Personal Communications

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Author(s): Judith Rauhofer (University of Central Lancashire, UK)
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 22
Source title: Socioeconomic and Legal Implications of Electronic Intrusion
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Dionysios Politis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece), Phaedon-John Kozyris (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)and Ioannis Iglezakis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-204-6.ch002

Keywords: Digital Crime & Forensics / Information Science Reference / IT Security and Ethics / Security & Forensics

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In this chapter the limits for the sphere of personal communications are set. Different understandings of the “right to be alone” or “the right to respect for private and family life” are provided. The significance of the information privacy is pointed out and the right to informational self-determination is deciphered. Having presented the substrate for personal data protection, a legal synopsis of the aforementioned subject is the concluding part of the chapter, with emphasis on data retention.

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