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EU as a single digital society with relevance to the socio-legal approach
Journal of Data Protection & Privacy,
2
(2),
131-144
(2018)
Abstract
The European Union (EU) has attempted to create a harmonised legal system in the area of data protection that aims to cover all the EU Member States. This paper aims to examine the interaction between society, technology and related law, and to explore whether it is practical to consider the EU as a single society under technological developments, and as an example, in data protection law. In spite of the diversity of EU Member States, this paper seeks to discover the socio-legal and socio-technical realities that influenced the harmonised approach in the EU.
Keywords: socio-legal; technology; EU law; GDPR; privacy; data protection
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Author's Biography
Shakila Bu-Pasha completed her Bachelor of Laws and first Master of Laws degrees in the Faculty of Law, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. She received her second Master of Laws degree from the Faculty of Law, University of Turku, Finland in law and information society. She is currently a doctoral researcher with the Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. Her research covers communication law and data protection law with keen focus on localisation, privacy and personal data protection under EU law.
