«Privacy: Self-Determination in the Transparent Cociety»
Speech by Rainer J. Schweizer (in German)
Retired Professor of Public Law University of St. Gallen
Even today, the range of information and communication technologies that people use, at least in industrialised countries, is immense and immeasurable. And the ways in which these technologies can be accessed, utilised, disseminated and used are becoming increasingly diverse and difficult to control. However, according to experts, the generally available technologies and the information available to everyone today are only at a stage of development similar to that of cars in the 1920s with hard rubber tyres, drive cranks and similar outdated equipment. In the dynamically developing information, communication and media society, the question of the value and safeguarding of privacy is becoming increasingly important – as many people are now realising. But what is privacy in an increasingly transparent and scrutinised modern society? What is its core content? Why is it necessary to protect it and how can this protection be achieved?
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