DATA PROTECTION POST-MORTEM

Abstract

This article discusses the notion of the post-mortem privacy of the deceased Internet user and focuses on the post-mortem privacy protection aspects in common and continental law systems. It analyses the post-mortem privacy regulation by the legal framework and by contracts, provides information about existing measures to protect Internet user’s data post-mortem and discusses the possibilities to improve them.

Keywords

• Data protection
• Regulation (EU) 2016/679
• Directive 95/46/EC