Europe against Google & Co.?
ITA (2015) Europe against Google & Co.? ITA dossier no. 15en (April 2015; Author: Astrid Mager).
-> Global IT companies collect data to provide personalised advertising. -> These business practices are contradicting European values and legislations. -> The European data protection reform aims at forcing companies such as Google to respect European fundamental rights. -> The implementation of this vision in form of political practices is characterised by friction and conflict. -> In addition to the regulation of global search engines, Europe should focus on law enforcement and privacy-friendly technologies.
Publication type:
policy brief
Publication language:
English
Publication date:
2015-04
Publication URL:
http://epub.oeaw.ac.at/ita/ita-dossiers/ita-dossier015en.pdf
Institute:
Institute of Technology Assessment (ITA)
Country:
Austria
Project:
Glocal Search. Search technology at the intersection of global capitalism and local socio-political cultures (ITA)

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