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Protecting human health and security in digital Europe: how to deal with the "privacy paradox"?

Büschel, Isabell and Mehdi, Rostane and Cammilleri, Anne and Marzouki, Yousri and Elger, Bernice. (2014) Protecting human health and security in digital Europe: how to deal with the "privacy paradox"? Science and Engineering Ethics, 20 (3). pp. 639-658.

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Abstract

This article is the result of an international research between law and ethics scholars from Universities in France and Switzerland, who have been closely collaborating with technical experts on the design and use of information and communication technologies in the fields of human health and security. The interdisciplinary approach is a unique feature and guarantees important new insights in the social, ethical and legal implications of these technologies for the individual and society as a whole. Its aim is to shed light on the tension between secrecy and transparency in the digital era. A special focus is put from the perspectives of psychology, medical ethics and European law on the contradiction between individuals' motivations for consented processing of personal data and their fears about unknown disclosure, transferal and sharing of personal data via information and communication technologies (named the "privacy paradox"). Potential benefits and harms for the individual and society resulting from the use of computers, mobile phones, the Internet and social media are being discussed. Furthermore, the authors point out the ethical and legal limitations inherent to the processing of personal data in a democratic society governed by the rule of law. Finally, they seek to demonstrate that the impact of information and communication technology use on the individuals' well-being, the latter being closely correlated with a high level of fundamental rights protection in Europe, is a promising feature of the socalled "e-democracy" as a new way to collectively attribute meaning to large-scale online actions, motivations and ideas.
Faculties and Departments:08 Cross-disciplinary Subjects > Ethik > Institut für Bio- und Medizinethik > Bio- und Medizinethik (Elger)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Public Health > Ethik in der Medizin > Bio- und Medizinethik (Elger)
UniBasel Contributors:Elger, Bernice Simone and Büschel, Isabell E.
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Springer Verlag
ISSN:1353-3452
e-ISSN:1471-5546
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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Last Modified:30 Jan 2018 09:00
Deposited On:04 Oct 2017 09:49

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