Open AccessThe Reform of the EU Data Protection Framework: Outlining Key Changes and Assessing Their Fitness for a Data-Driven Economy
Author(s) -
Mira Burri,
Rahel Schär
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of information policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.377
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2381-5892
pISSN - 2158-3897
DOI - 10.5325/jinfopoli.6.2016.479
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , key (lock) , european union , corporate governance , digital economy , data protection act 1998 , data governance , political science , general data protection regulation , economic justice , political economy , public administration , economics , economy , international trade , law , computer security , computer science , management , geography , service (business) , archaeology , data quality
This article analyzes the recent data protection reform of the European Union (EU). It introduces the drivers of the reform, in particular by looking at a few seminal judgments of the Court of Justice of the EU. Against this backdrop, the article highlights the key changes that the new General Data Protection Regulation brings about, assesses their implications, and seeks to situate them in the wider context of the digital economy and its governance, in particular with regard to the free cross-border flow of data.
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