Protection of Personal Data According to European Law and Decisions of ECHR

Abstract

This article considers the question of legal basis of the data protection in the world while and exactly in the European continent. Special attention is paid to the question of personal data as a part of human rights and how the ECHR is dealing with protection of it. The author analyzed a list of different type of issues related to the question of personal data and how they are protected under the Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Also, it was researched question what does “personal data” means under the legal understanding according to the European law. The main question, which author raised, is there any legal bases of protection of data and which new mechanism we can use with so fast development of information technologies. All these questions lead to the idea that there is no unique and universal way to protect personal data in the world, what we all need because of the high level of cyberterrorism. We should find solution which will regulate the acceptance to data and how to protect it on the international level by public and private international law. In conclusion, we proposed some measures that may improve institute of personal data protection in general.

Keywords

• data protection
• European Court of Human Rights
• privacy
• European Convention of Human Rights