Privacy lawPrivacy law is the body of law that deals with the regulating, storing, and using of personally identifiable information, personal healthcare information, and financial information of individuals, which can be collected by governments, public or private organisations, or other individuals. It also applies in the commercial sector to things like trade secrets and the liability that directors, officers, and employees have when handing sensitive information.
Vie privéevignette|droite|Dessin de Cham dans Le Charivari en 1868 : « Le portrait de ma femme que vous envoyez à l’Exposition ? Vous lui avez mis un grain de beauté sous le bras gauche, c’est de la vie privée. Je vous fais un procès ». La vie privée (du latin privatus, « séparé de, privé de ») est la capacité, pour une personne ou pour un groupe de personnes, de s'isoler afin de protéger son bien-être. Les limites de la vie privée ainsi que ce qui est considéré comme privé diffèrent selon les groupes, les cultures et les individus, selon les coutumes et les traditions bien qu'il existe toujours un certain tronc commun.
Droit au respect de la vie privéedroite|vignette| Le respect de la vie privée peut être limitée par la surveillance – dans ce cas par la vidéosurveillance. Le droit à la vie privée est un élément juridique qui vise à protéger le respect de la vie privée des individus. Plus de 150 constitutions nationales mentionnent le droit à la vie privée. Le , l'assemblée générale des Nations Unies adopte la Déclaration universelle des droits de l'homme (DUDH) rédigée à l'origine pour garantir les droits individuels de chacun, en tout lieu.
Vie privée et informatiqueAvec l'apparition de l'informatique et l'accessibilité à internet, les problèmes de la confidentialité des données personnelles des usagers sont devenus un véritable enjeu. Si le stockage des données de navigation a été considérée comme un progrès (Big data), il s'est aussi accompagné d'inquiétudes sur la protection de la vie privée, à travers la gestion opaque de ces informations, avec la possibilité pour quiconque d'y avoir un accès non contrôlé. En littérature on parle de Big Brother pour "qualifier [...
Internet privacyInternet privacy involves the right or mandate of personal privacy concerning the storage, re-purposing, provision to third parties, and display of information pertaining to oneself via the Internet. Internet privacy is a subset of data privacy. Privacy concerns have been articulated from the beginnings of large-scale computer sharing and especially relate to mass surveillance enabled by the emergence of computer technologies. Privacy can entail either personally identifiable information (PII) or non-PII information such as a site visitor's behaviour on a website.
Expectation of privacy (United States)In United States constitutional law, expectation of privacy is a legal test which is crucial in defining the scope of the applicability of the privacy protections of the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It is related to, but is not the same as, a right to privacy, a much broader concept which is found in many legal systems (see privacy law). Overall, expectations of privacy can be subjective or objective.
Protection de la vie privée dès la conceptionLa protection de la vie privée dès la conception, privacy by design en anglais, est une approche de l’ingénierie des systèmes qui prend en compte la vie privée tout au long du processus. Ce concept est un exemple de la (approche qui intègre les valeurs de l’humain dans tout le processus de la conception de la technologie).
Location-based serviceA location-based service (LBS) is a general term denoting software services which use geographic data and information to provide services or information to users. LBS can be used in a variety of contexts, such as health, indoor object search, entertainment, work, personal life, etc. Commonly used examples of location based services include navigation software, social networking services, location-based advertising, and tracking systems. LBS can also include mobile commerce when taking the form of coupons or advertising directed at customers based on their current location.
Information privacy lawInformation privacy, data privacy or data protection laws provide a legal framework on how to obtain, use and store data of natural persons. The various laws around the world describe the rights of natural persons to control who is using its data. This includes usually the right to get details on which data is stored, for what purpose and to request the deletion in case the purpose is not given anymore. Over 80 countries and independent territories, including nearly every country in Europe and many in Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia, and Africa, have now adopted comprehensive data protection laws.
Privacy engineeringPrivacy engineering is an emerging field of engineering which aims to provide methodologies, tools, and techniques to ensure systems provide acceptable levels of privacy. In the US, an acceptable level of privacy is defined in terms of compliance to the functional and non-functional requirements set out through a privacy policy, which is a contractual artifact displaying the data controlling entities compliance to legislation such as Fair Information Practices, health record security regulation and other privacy laws.
