Social Networks - the Modern-Day Family: Law and Policy of Regulation

Abstract

Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- References -- Chapter 2: Delimitation of the Problem -- 2.1 Understanding the Internet -- 2.2 Social Networks: Basic Facts -- 2.3 The ``Facebook Generation´´ -- 2.4 Data Gathered and Processed Through Social Networks -- 2.4.1 Data Actively Provided to Facebook by Its Users -- 2.4.2 Metadata -- 2.4.3 Big Data -- 2.5 Privacy Concerns Arising from Social Networks and the Concept of Privacy -- References -- Chapter 3: Conflicting Claims, Claimants, Identifications and Bases of Power -- 3.1 The Claim to Freedom of Communication and Access to Information -- 3.2 The Claim to Economic Benefit -- 3.3 The Claim to Privacy and Data Autonomy -- 3.4 The Claim to Unlimited Freedom of the Internet -- 3.5 The Claim to Protect National and International Security -- References -- Chapter 4: Past Trends in Decision and Conditioning Factors -- 4.1 The General Legal Protection of Privacy -- 4.1.1 Domestic Law -- 4.1.1.1 The United States of America -- 4.1.1.2 Countries Within Europe -- The Federal Republic of Germany -- The United Kingdom -- 4.1.1.3 Latin American Countries -- 4.1.2 International Law -- 4.1.2.1 Treaty Law -- 4.1.2.2 Customary International Law -- 4.2 The Protection of Privacy in the Context of Electronic Communications -- 4.2.1 Domestic Law -- 4.2.1.1 The United States -- 4.2.1.2 Countries Within Europe -- The Federal Republic of Germany -- The United Kingdom -- Other European Countries -- 4.2.1.3 Latin American Countries -- The Argentine Republic -- The Federative Republic of Brazil -- The Republic of Colombia -- The Dominican Republic -- The United Mexican States -- The Oriental Republic of Uruguay -- 4.2.2 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) -- References -- Chapter 5: Predictions -- References.