The Right to Privacy in the Public Workplace: Should the Private Sector be Concerned?

1998 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-59
Author(s):  
J. D.R. CRAIG ◽  
H. D. OLIVER
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Right To Privacy ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Right To Privacy ◽  
The Right

The Right to Anonymity in Political Activities

2013 ◽  
pp. 202-220
Author(s):  
Knut Fournier
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
Right To Privacy ◽  
Political Activities ◽  
Political Consequences ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Right To Privacy ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
The Right ◽  
Political Value

The complexity of the right to privacy is particularly striking when the issues at stake are, ultimately, other political rights and freedoms such as the right to free speech and the right of association. The surveillance of individuals and groups by the state has strong political consequences: the surveillance of political activities re-defines what the private sphere is, and displaces its limits, in a context in which more information is becoming available to the public. Multiple recent developments, exemplified by the role of the right to privacy in movies, exacerbated the tensions between Europe and the United States over the notion of privacy. The future EU data protection laws will create a right to be forgotten, whose political value is still unknown.

scholarly journals THE PUBLIC FIGURE DOCTRINE AND THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY

2019 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-99
Author(s):  
Kirsty Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Privacy Rights ◽  
Right To Privacy ◽  
Public Figure ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Right To Privacy ◽  
Public Figures ◽  
The Right ◽  
Normative Justification ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThis article argues that the public figure doctrine is doctrinally problematic and conceptually and normatively flawed. Doctrinal uncertainty surrounds who is affected and how rights are affected. Conceptually it raises challenges for universality, the non-hierarchical relationship between Articles 8 and 10 ECHR, the process of resolving rights conflicts, and the relationship between domestic law and the Convention. All of which necessitate a strong normative justification for the distinction. Yet there is no compelling rationale. The values underpinning the right to privacy of public figures are no different from those of other persons and there are other better mechanisms of accounting for freedom of expression. We should therefore reject the idea that public figures have fewer or weaker privacy rights or that the process of dealing with their rights is different and instead focus squarely upon the relative importance of the rights, and the degree of intrusion into those rights.

The Right to Anonymity in Political Activities

2015 ◽  
pp. 1676-1694
Author(s):  
Knut Fournier
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
Right To Privacy ◽  
Political Activities ◽  
Political Consequences ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Right To Privacy ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
The Right ◽  
Political Value

The complexity of the right to privacy is particularly striking when the issues at stake are, ultimately, other political rights and freedoms such as the right to free speech and the right of association. The surveillance of individuals and groups by the state has strong political consequences: the surveillance of political activities re-defines what the private sphere is, and displaces its limits, in a context in which more information is becoming available to the public. Multiple recent developments, exemplified by the role of the right to privacy in movies, exacerbated the tensions between Europe and the United States over the notion of privacy. The future EU data protection laws will create a right to be forgotten, whose political value is still unknown.

scholarly journals ADMISSIBILITY OF PROVIDING INFORMATION CONSTITUTING MEDICAL CONFIDENTIALITY IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST

2020 ◽  
pp. 28-32
Author(s):  
A.A. Serebryakov
Keyword(s):  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Health It ◽  
Right To Privacy ◽  
Legal Regime ◽  
Medical Confidentiality ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Right To Privacy ◽  
Russian Law ◽  
The Right ◽  
Legal Consequences

The article is devoted to this type of confidential information about a citizen, as information constitutinga medical secret. The legal regime of medical confidentiality is considered in the context of its relationshipwith personal secrecy and the right to privacy. The author concludes that initially information about thehealth of a citizen is protected under the regime of personal secrets. Herewith, the regime of medicalconfidentiality is called upon to provide additional guarantees to ensure the citizen’s right to confidentialinformation regarding his health. It has been established that restrictions on a citizen’s right to privacy andpersonal secrecy may arise from the characteristics of the legal regime of other types of secrets. Thus, theconsolidation in Russian law of the grounds for providing information constituting medical confidentiality tothird parties without the consent of a citizen by their nature and legal consequences limits the citizen’s rightsto privacy. At the same time, such restrictions can be justified if they are designed to ensure the protection ofpublic interests. On the example of road safety, the shortcomings of the existing legal regulation are shown.

scholarly journals Posibilidades y límites en el control de los correos electrónicos de los empleados públicos a la luz de la normativa de protección de datos

2019 ◽  
pp. 110-127
Author(s):  
Susana RODRÍGUEZ ESCANCIANO
Keyword(s):  
Personal Data ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Self Organization ◽  
Public Employees ◽  
Right To Privacy ◽  
The Public ◽  
Digital Devices ◽  
The Right To Privacy ◽  
The Right

Laburpena: Datuak Babesteko eta Eskubide Digitalak Bermatzeko abenduaren 5eko 3/2018 Lege berriak aitortzen duenez, enplegatu publikoek intimitaterako eskubidea dute Administrazioak lan-tresna gisa beren eskura jarritako gailu digitalak erabiltzean, eta, xede horretarako, bis atal bat sartu da Enplegatu Publikoen Oinarrizko Estatutuaren 14.j) artikulura. Hala ere, eskubidea ez dago termino absolutuetan konfiguratuta, administrazio-arduradunek sartzeko duten ahalaren ondoriozko mugaketak izan baititzake. Bada, ahal horrek bi helburu dauzka: estatutuaren betebeharrak betetzen direla kontrolatzea eta tresna digital horien osotasuna bermatzea. Sakontasun handiagoko lege-edukirik ez egoteak ez du ahaztarazi behar, ordea, oinarrizko eskubideen eta auto-antolaketarako ahalen arteko oreka-puntua bilatu behar dela. Xede horretarako, organo judizialek emandako doktrinari heldu behar zaio, zeina gainbegiratze inbaditzaileenen ingurukoa den; hau da, posta korporatiboen gaineko gainbegiraketei buruzkoa da. Izan ere, eremu horretan ez dago pribatutasunerako eskubidea bakarrik sartuta, komunikazioen sekreturako eskubidea ere jorratzen baita. Resumen: La nueva Ley 3/2018, de 5 de diciembre, de Protección de Datos Personales y Garantía de los Derechos Digitales, reconoce el derecho a la intimidad de los empleados públicos en el uso de los dispositivos digitales puestos a su disposición por la Administración como instrumentos de trabajo, introduciendo a tal fin un apartado bis en la letra j) del art. 14 del Estatuto Básico del Empleado Público. Ahora bien, tal derecho no está configurado en términos absolutos sino que puede sufrir algunas restricciones derivadas de la potestad de acceso por los responsables administrativos desarrollada al amparo de una doble finalidad: bien controlar el cumplimiento de las obligaciones estatutarias, bien garantizar la integridad de dichas herramientas digitales. La escasez de contenidos legales de mayor calado no debe de hacer olvidar la necesidad de buscar un punto de equilibrio atendiendo a la doctrina sentada por los órganos judiciales, vertida principalmente en las supervisiones más invasivas, esto es, las referidas a los correos corporativos, no en vano en este ámbito ya no está implicado solo el derecho a la privacidad sino también el derecho al secreto de las comunicaciones. Abstract: The new Law 3/2018, december 5th, on the Protection of Personal Data and the Guarantee of Digital Rights, recognizes the right to privacy of public employees in the use of digital devices placed at their disposal by the Administration as instruments of work, introducing for this purpose a paragraph bis in letter j) of art. 14 of the Basic Statute of the Public Employee. However, this right is not set in absolute terms but may suffer some restrictions derived from the power of access by administrative managers developed under a double purpose: either to control compliance with statutory obligations, or to guarantee the integrity of digital tools. The few legal content of greater importance should not make us forget the need to find a balance point between fundamental rights and the powers of self-organization. To this purpose, it is necessary to attend to the doctrine set by the judicial sentences, mainly in the most invasive supervisions, that is, those referring to corporate mail, because in this area, not only the right to privacy is involved, but also the right to secrecy of communications.

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