Privacy in the 21st Century

Alexandra Rengel J.S.D. (2013), Saint Thomas University School of Law (Miami). She is a professor at Schiller University (Madrid) and practicing attorney at Mercado & Rengel. Her expertise is in international law, she also lectures and writes about legal issues.

"...a work such as Rengel’s is a timely, necessary and valuable contribution...It is particularly important as an up-to-date survey of privacy developments from the legal perspective."-Nicholas Clapham, University of Surrey

• Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Fundamental RightsI. The Philosophical Origins of Human Rights Law; A. Natural Law; B. Positive Law; II. The Development of Human Rights Law from Natural and Positive Law Principles; Chapter 2 What Is Privacy?I. Defi ning Privacy, Its Origins and Its Importance; II. The Concept of Privacy; III. The Right to Privacy: An Overview;Chapter 3 Threats to Privacy in Modern TimesI. New Technologies Aff ecting Privacy; A. Identity Cards; B. Biometrics; C. Communications and Surveillance; 1. Video Surveillance and CCTV; 2. Unmanned Aerial Systems (Drones); 3. Internet Surveillance; 4. Workplace Surveillance; 5. International Surveillance; 6. Global Positioning System (GPS); 7. Radio Frequency Identifi cation (RFID); D. Social Networks;Chapter 4 The General Right to Privacy as a Norm of International LawI. Treaties as a Source of International Law; A. Treaties and the General Right to Privacy; II. Customary International Law as a Source of International Law; A. Customary International Law and the General Right to Privacy;Chapter 5 Salient Issues: The Right to Privacy in Specifi c ContextsI. Search and Seizure; A. International Law and Jurisprudence; B. State Practice; II. Intimate Conduct; A. International Law and Jurisprudence; B. State Practice; III. Data Protection; A. International Law and Jurisprudence; B. State Practice;Chapter 6 Privacy in the Age of TerrorismI. The Exchange of Privacy for Security; II. The Backlash: Civil Liberties Reconsidered and a Reclaiming of the Right to Privacy;Chapter 7 Appraisal and Recommendations I. Balancing The Right To Privacy Against Other Societal Interests; II. The Effect of Globalization on Technology; III. Technology, Knowledge, and Privacy by Design; IV. The Future of Privacy;Conclusion; Appendix Privacy Protections in the Constitutions of Countries; Index.