Author(s): Claudia GOGOAȘA LASCATEU
Publication name: Romanian Intelligence Studies Review
Publisher name: Mihai Viteazul National Intelligence Academy
Publication type: Journal article
Publication date: December 31, 2018
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Issue/ Volume: 19-20/2018
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Abstract
Strategy, public policy and threat management have risen and flourished
despite the constant conundrum of protecting infrastructure and top technology. To
have both the big picture and successfully prevent or interrupt malicious behaviour it is
necessary to comprehend what the threat is and what it means to us, and to achieve that,
we must be able to position ourselves between grasping what public policy has to offer
and what technology brings to the table.
This is intended to be an interdisciplinary approach on law and policy that will
show what are the limits and guarantees of user experience nowadays in the European
Union and, secondly, will argue the advantages and disadvantages to what are users
experiencing in non-member states.
The paper will analyse what part data and confidentiality for security plays and
how a continuous development of policy and strategy can answer the questions raised by
technology and hybrid threats to national security. It will follow the lines European
policy draws given the latest threat development and will revolve around what changes
form the user’s perspective.
Therefore, from necessity to strategy, to enforcement, the first step is identifying
and addressing one issue in a common manner. Furthermore, it means we can achieve
common grounds and have a correct and adequate solution. In order to find out how
public policy works better for individuals, we scrutinise whether the European General
Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is an answer to all our questions, or just a complex
insurance designed to safeguard user online experience. Moreover, we study how
enforcing an internet law like China or Russia is in comparison to having a set of rules
and guarantees such as the European GDPR, and the effect on user digital behaviour.
The basis of this study will approach European case law on the matter of
guaranteeing user fundamental rights concerning confidentiality, showing how
European strategy is being enforced by regulations and put into force by law. It also
finds that member states have the inherent responsibility to guarantee both user rights
and transparency.
To have a better understanding on how people perceive the rules and
regulations we use polls to measure how the public policy framework is comprehended
by the people it intends to protect, and if the state policy toolset guarantees users
digital literacy.
Keywords: user, privacy, personal data, law.
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