Cyber threats and human rights: the special relationship with privacy and the role of the principle of proportionality – Law and Media Working Paper Series no. 2/2017

Law and Media Working Paper Series
no. 2/2017

F. Di Geronimo, Cyber threats and human rights: the special relationship with privacy and the role of the principle of proportionality  (download)

Summary: 1. Introduction. – 2. The impact of cyber threats on human rights. – 3. The impact of cybersecurity measures on human rights. – 4. The threefold relationship between privacy, cyber threats and cybersecurity measures. – 5. The importance of the principle of proportionality. A focus: the risk of a stabilized emergency. – 6. The principle of proportionality: how and when. – 7. A practical application of the principle of proportionality in a case of cyber threats: the DPI again.