Virtuality and Capabilities in a World of Ambient Intelligence (eBook)

New Challenges to Privacy and Data Protection

Luiz Costa (Autor)

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2016 | 1st ed. 2016
XX, 199 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-39198-4 (ISBN)

Infos

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 the challenges 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.

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.

Inhalt

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.  

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.8.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Issues in Privacy and Data Protection
• Reihe/Serie: Issues in Privacy and Data Protection
• Reihe/Serie: Law, Governance and Technology Series
• Reihe/Serie: Law, Governance and Technology Series
• Zusatzinfo: XX, 199 p.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht
• Schlagworte: Capabilities and Human Rights • Capabilities and Risk • enabling technologies • Freedom and Means to Freedom • Human Development • human enhancement • Impact of Technology Design on Capabilities • Power and Freedoms • Power Through technology • Privacy, A Fundamental Human Right • Privacy and Data Protection • Privacy and Well-Being • Theories of Technology • Virtuality and Capabilities • Virtuality, Privacy and Capabilities • Well-Being and Agency • World of Ambient Intelligence
• ISBN-10: 3-319-39198-4 / 3319391984
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-39198-4 / 9783319391984