Consent in European data protection law / by Eleni Kosta.

• Superior document: Nijhoff studies in EU law ; vol. 3
• Author: Kosta, Eleni.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Nijhoff studies in EU law ; vol. 3.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (461 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Today, consent is a fundamental concept in the European legal framework on data protection. The analysis of the historical and theoretical context carried out in this book reveals that consent was not an intrinsic notion in the birth of data protection. The concept of consent was included in data protection legislation in order to enhance the role of the data subject in the data protection arena, and to allow the data subject to have more control over the collection and processing of his/her personal information. This book examines the concept of consent and its requirements in the Data Protection Directive, taking into account contemporary considerations on bioethics and medical ethics, as well as recent developments in the framework of the review of the Directive. It further studies issues of consent in electronic communications, carrying out an analysis of the consent-related provisions of the ePrivacy Directive.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Placing Data Protection in Context: Initiatives, Issues, Policy History -- Elucidation of Consent in the Data Protection Directive -- Consent in the Protection of Privacy and the Processing of Personal Data in the Electronic Communications Sector -- Conclusions and Thoughts for Future Research -- Bibliography -- Index.