Data Protection and Privacy Under Pressure. Transatlantic tensions,EU Surveillance and big data

Since the Snowden revelations, the adoption in May 2016 of the GeneralData Protection Regulation and several ground-breaking judgments ofthe Court of Justice of the European Union, data protection andprivacy are high on the agenda of policymakers, industries and thelegal research community.
Against this backdrop, Data Protection and Privacy under Pressuresheds light on key developments where individuals’ rights to dataprotection and privacy are at stake. The book discusses the persistenttransatlantic tensions around various EU-US data transfer mechanismsand EU jurisdiction claims over non-EU-based companies, both sparkedby milestone court cases. Additionally, it scrutinises the expandingcontrol or surveillance mechanisms and interconnection of databases inthe areas of migration control, internal security and law enforcement,and oversight thereon. Finally, it explores current and future legalchallenges related to big data and automated decision-making in thecontexts of policing, pharmaceutics and advertising.