Neat News 2016-248 (added 2016-09-04)
Privacy to be Protected by Non-Discrimination
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| Strong non-discrimination laws help to protect individual privacy in a world in which even prudent behaviour by individuals cannot prevent their surveillance by state and society. We live in a world that is increasingly connected by social networks and in which we cannot opt out of the surveillance. The European Union's Charter of Fundamental Rights is according to the author an example that such a protection is possible. |