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Serge Gutwirth • Ronald Leenes • Paul de Hert Yves Poullet Editors

European Data Protection: Coming of Age

Editors Serge Gutwirth Faculty of law and criminology Law, Science, Technology & Society (LSTS) Vrije universiteit Brussel Belgium Paul de Hert Faculty of law and criminology Law, Science, Technology & Society (LSTS) Vrije universiteit Brussel Belgium

Ronald Leenes TILT Tilburg University Tilburg, The Netherlands Yves Poullet Research Centre for Information Technology & Law University of Namur Namur, Belgium

ISBN 978-94-007-5184-2 ISBN 978-94-007-5170-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-5170-5 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012953478 © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Foreword

The present book is one of the results of the 5th edition of the yearly Brussels based international conference Computers, Privacy and Data Protection 2012 – CPDP2012. Held on 25, 26 and 27 January 2012 under the title European Data Protection: Coming of Age the conference welcomed 692 participants at the venue, while another 500 people were reached through free public events organized in the evenings. The 3 day conference offered participants 25 panels and several works