1st Edition

Mass data surveillance and predictive policing Contested Foundations and Human Rights Impact

By Plixavra Vogiatzoglou Copyright 2025
312 Pages
by Routledge

312 Pages
by Routledge

312 Pages
by Routledge

This book critically assesses legal frameworks involving the bulk processing of personal data, initially collected by the private sector, to predict and prevent crime through advanced profiling technologies. In the European Union (EU), mass data surveillance currently engages three sectors: electronic communications (under the e-Privacy Directive), air travelling (under the Passenger Name Records... Read more

1. Introduction, 2. The Sword and the Shield: Security and Fundamental Rights in the EU, 3. Security and Crime Prevention, 4. Interfering with Fundamental Rights, 5. Justification of Interferences in Surveillance Case Law, 6. Synthesis, Assessment and Recommendations

Biography

Plixavra Vogiatzoglou is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Amsterdam (Amsterdam Center for International Law and Institute for Information Law). Her research interests revolve around the governance of emerging technologies. She holds a PhD from the KU Leuven Centre for IT & IP Law, where she remains an affiliated researcher.