Virtuality and Capabilities in a World of Ambient Intelligence

New Challenges to Privacy and Data Protection
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-319-39197-7
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, Band 32, 199 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 4557 g

Reihe: Law, Governance and Technology Series

This book is about power and freedoms in our technological world and has two main objectives. The first is to demonstrate that a theoretical exploration of the algorithmic governmentality hypothesis combined with the capability approach is useful for a better understanding of power and freedoms in Ambient Intelligence, a world where information and communication technologies are invisible, interconnected, context aware, personalized, adaptive to humans and act autonomously. The second is to argue that these theories are useful for a better comprehension of privacy and data protection concepts and the evolution of their regulation. Having these objectives in mind, the book outlines a number of theses based on two threads: first, the elimination of the social effects of uncertainty and the risks to freedoms and, second, the vindication of rights. Inspired by and building on the outcomes of different philosophical and legal approaches, this book embodies an effort to better understand thechallenges posed by Ambient Intelligence technologies, opening paths for more effective realization of rights and rooting legal norms in the preservation of the potentiality of human capabilities.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Costa, Luiz

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein Soziale und ethische Aspekte der EDV
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein Rechtliche Aspekte der EDV
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht Allgemeines Informationsrecht, Datenschutzrecht
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Philosophie der Technik
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion Ambient Intelligence, RFID, Internet der Dinge
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie der Technik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Rechtswissenschaften Wirtschaftsrecht Medienrecht Telekommunikationsrecht, IT-Recht, Internetrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword.- Acknowledgments.- Table of Contents.- List of Abbreviations.- I Power and Freedoms.- Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 A World of Ambient Intelligence.- Chapter 3 The Power Through Technology.- Chapter 4 The Capability Approach.- II Rights.- Chapter 5 Privacy and Human Flourishing.- Chapter 6 Data Protection Law, Processes and Freedoms.- Chapter 7 Conclusion.- Appendix.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Luiz Costa is a researcher specialized in information technology law. He holds a masters degree from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne and a ph.d. from the University of Namur. His main research interests are related to human rights and emerging technologies, particularly from a philosophical and legal point of view. Since 2016 he has been a fellow at the Research Centre in Information, Law and Society (crids). He also has 14 years’ experience as a federal prosecutor in Brazil.