@article{763212,
      recid = {763212},
      author = {Hijmans, Hielke.},
      title = {European union as guardian of internet privacy the story  of Art 16 TFEU / [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Springer,},
      address = {Switzerland :},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      year = {2016},
      abstract = {This book examines the role of the EU in ensuring privacy  and data protection on the internet. It describes and  demonstrates the importance of privacy and data protection  for our democracies and how the enjoyment of these rights  is challenged by, particularly, big data and mass  surveillance. The book takes the perspective of the EU  mandate under Article 16 TFEU. It analyses the  contributions of the specific actors and roles within the  EU framework: the judiciary, the EU legislator, the  independent supervisory authorities, the cooperation  mechanisms of these authorities, as well as the EU as actor  in the external domain. Article 16 TFEU enables the Court  of the Justice of the EU to play its role as constitutional  court and to set high standards for fundamental rights  protection. It obliges the European Parliament and the  Council to lay down legislation that encompasses all  processing of personal data. It confirms control by  independent supervisory authorities as an essential element  of data protection and it gives the EU a strong mandate to  act in the global arena. The analysis shows that EU powers  can be successfully used in a legitimate and effective  manner and that this subject could be a success story for  the EU, in times of widespread euroskepsis. It demonstrates  that the Member States remain important players in ensuring  privacy and data protection. In order to be a success  story, the key stakeholders should be prepared to go the  extra mile, so it is argued in the book. The book is based  on academic research for which the author received a double  doctorate at the University of Amsterdam and the Vrije  Universiteit Brussels. It builds on a long inside  experience within the European institutions, as well as  within the community of data protection and data protection  authorities. It is a must read in a time where the setting  of EU privacy and data protection is changing dramatically,  not only as a result of the rapidly evolving information  society, but also because of important legal developments  such as the entry into force of the General Data Protection  Regulation. This book will appeal to all those who are in  some way involved in making this regulation work. It will  also appeal to people interested in the institutional  framework of the European Union and in the role of the  Union of promoting fundamental rights, also in the wider  world. .},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/763212},
}