Risks to Privacy v. Risks to Public Safety, a Dilemma to be overcome in the (Digital) Risk Society. Comments on the partially dissenting vote of Mr Justice Pinto De Albuquerque in the case of Big Brother Watch And Others v. The United Kingdom
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.34625/issn.2183-2705(35)2024.jur-01Keywords:
Privacy; Public Security; Digital Risk Society; Fourth Industrial Revolution; Digital Surveillance; Fundamental Rights; Risk RegulationAbstract
The article examines the dilemma between privacy and public security in the context of the Big Brother Watch v. United Kingdom case, viewed through Ulrich Beck's concept of the Digital Risk Society. It explores the transition to a Digital Risk Society, highlighting challenges posed by the Fourth Industrial Revolution and increased digital surveillance. The article discusses the "riskification" process of privacy and data protection, emphasizing the regulatory shift from informational self-determination to risk management. It analyzes Judge Pinto Albuquerque's opinion, underlining his concerns about the proportionality and necessity of mass interceptions and the dangers of an electronic "Big Brother." The article concludes by pointing out the need for a more technical and conscious balance between privacy and security, stressing the importance of raising public awareness about surveillance risks.
References
BECK, Ulrich. World at Risk: The New Task of Critical Theory. In: Development and Society. Monique, v. 37, n. 1, p. 2, jun. 2008.
BECK, Ulrich. The Digital Freedom Risk: Too Fragile an Acknowledgment. Disponível em: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/can-europe-make-it/digital-freedom-risk-too-fragile-acknowledgment/. Acesso em: 12 abr. 2021.
BECK, Ulrich. La Sociedad del Riesgo Global. 1. ed. Madrid: Siglo XXI de España, 2002. p. 5.
BECK, Ulrich. Sociedade de Risco: Rumo a Outra Modernidade. 2. ed. São Paulo: Editora 34, 2011. p. 23.
BIONI, Bruno Ricardo. Proteção de Dados Pessoais: A Função e os Limites do Consentimento. 1. ed. Rio de Janeiro: Forense, 2018. p. 59-61.
FERNANDES, J. P. T. Da Utopia da Sociedade em Rede à Realidade da Sociedade de Risco. In: Análise Social. Lisboa, v. 1, n. 2, p. 273-274, jan. 2013. Disponível em: http://analisesocial.ics.ul.pt/documentos/AS_207_d01.pdf. Acesso em: 1 out. 2020.
GELLERT, R. Data Protection: A Risk Regulation? Between the Risk Management of Everything and the Precautionary Alternative. In: International Data Privacy Law. Oxford, v. 5, p. 3-19, 2015. ISSN 1.
KUNER, C. The European Commission’s Proposed Data Protection Regulation: A Copernican Revolution in European Data Protection Law. In: Bloomberg BNA Privacy and Security Law Report, 6, 2012. p. 1-15.
SCHWAB, Klaus. A Quarta Revolução Industrial. Tradução: Daniel Moreira Miranda. 1. ed. 2016. São Paulo: Edipro, 2016. p. 16. ZANATTA, R. A. F. Proteção de Dados Pessoais como Regulação de Risco: Uma Nova Moldura Teórica? In: I Encontro da Rede de Pesquisa em Governança da Internet. 2017. p. 175-193.
LEGISLAÇÃO E JURISPRUDÊNCIA: EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS. Case of Big Brother Watch and Other v. The United Kingdom. [Applications nº 58170/13, 62322/14 and 24960/15] Judgement. Strasbourg, 25 May 2021. Disponível em: https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/fre# {%22itemid%22:[%22001-210077%22]}. Acesso em: 20 jan. 2023.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2024 Revista Jurídica Portucalense
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Authors who published in the journal agree to the following terms:
- The Authors grant the Journal the right of first publication, and other non-exclusive publishing rights, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which allows the sharing of work with recognition of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to take on additional contracts separately, non-exclusive distribution of the version of the paper published in this journal (ex .: publish in an institutional repository or as a chapter in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post and distribute their work online (eg .: in institutional repositories or on their website) at any point before or during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as increase the impact and the citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
RJP does not apply submission, publication or any other fees of any nature. Its articles are open access, with the goal of disseminating scientific knowledge and the debate of legal topics in the area of Legal Sciences.
