Dominic Staiger

Part 2: Legal and Regulatory Framework

The present data protection regulations are to be applied in a difficult environment since the objective of granting digital privacy can hardly be achieved in today’s online world.

New Liability Patterns in the Digital Era

The growth of new technologies such as robotics, online sales of goods and services and the creation new digital businesses has created a wide array of new risks and liabilities. In this context, the main areas of EU and US law including the various forms of liability are addressed and potential mitigation strategies proposed.

Part 5: Annexes

The US surveillance framework heavily affects international enterprises in how they conduct their business and their cooperation with public agencies.

Part 4: Outlook on Future Developments

Technological developments have shaped the last decade significantly through the introduction of new communication forms and productive tools that are, for most part, based on cloud systems. These tools, however, create much uncertainty as to how they operate and as to the underlying privacy and data protection implications they create. Often a user of a service is not aware of its precise provisioning and thus must rely on the service provider’s data protection and security measures.

Part 3: Practical Implementation of Data Protection Environment

A wide range of cloud related professionals (both legal and technical) in California have been interviewed regarding their experience with data protection and in particular the effects of the EU law on their business operations and the industry in general. Hereinafter, the results of these interviews will be analyzed and key issues addressed with a special focus on the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Digital privacy in a media orientated world

The article introduces the key challenges in a media oriented world focusing on the surveillance capabilities as well as potential risk mitigating strategies. Furthermore, the key legal provisions governing media devices in the US, the EU as well as Australia are assessed.