Description
Having as a baseline article 8 of the European Convention for Human Rights (ECHR) and articles 7 and 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (EU Charter), this contribution first outlines how the smart home can interfere with privacy in all its dimensions: private and family life, home, and communication. In the smart home, the daily actions and behaviours of the inhabitants are mediated by the Internet of Things, with its sensors, Wi-Fi connections, Cloud computing, and apps. The smart home affects the very nature of the home, making it more transparent and accessible for companies and the state. This is a paradigmatic shift for privacy at home: it becomes increasingly possible to monitor, observe and, most importantly, deduce what happens inside the smart home.Subsequently, the contribution explores the case-law of the European Court for Human Rights (ECtHR) and the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on targeted and mass surveillance. The smart home, in fact, facilitates the convergence of commercial and state surveillance. Particular attention is given, in this regard, to the importance of metadata, to the necessity of protecting the biometric data collected by smart appliances, and to the effectiveness of the safeguards established by the case-law of the two courts.
| Period | 16 Sept 2024 → 17 Sept 2024 |
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| Event title | Digital Monitoring Workshop |
| Event type | Workshop |
| Location | Amsterdam, NetherlandsShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | International |