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What is privacy all about?
The classic definition of privacy is the right of an individual or group to be let alone and protected against intrusion in their private life. This implies that a person can be selective in terms of what others should know about him/her and how public or private they want to be.
The privacy rights at issue may differ depending upon context. For example, information privacy sets out how information about a person – their personal data – can be legitimately collected, combined and distributed.
Privacy is a fundamental right of every EU citizen. Using their personal data to track and profile them, without their knowledge or permission, should be avoided. Individuals, as data subjects, need to be aware of how their Internet ‘digital footprint’ can be created, and the purposes for which their personal data may, or may not, be used.
The EU GDPR expands this protection, by recognizing the right of individuals to control use of their personal data, even after those data have been disclosed to the public. Privacy Flag provides methodologies and tools to ensure that these rights are respected.
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Privacy Flag is a European research project co-funded by the European Commission and the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 653426.
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