Protection of Privacy Rights of Internet Users Against Cross-Border Government Interference. (28th February 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kirchner, Stefan
• Is Part Of: International journal of legal information. Volume 42:Number 32014)
• Page Start: 493
• Page End: 503
• Publication Date: 2014-02-28
• Subjects: Law libraries -- Periodicals; 026.34
• DOI: 10.1017/S0731126500012191
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0731-1265

Abstract

Abstract : There is a difference between voluntarily giving somebody an amount of money and having the same amount of money taken away from one, maybe even without one noticing it at first. Even though the economic situation might be the same, it is the loss of control, of sovereignty over one's own affairs, which we find troublesome. Likewise, hardly anyone, when buying something from a complete stranger, would assent to the idea that one is to hand over one's wallet, let the seller take whatever he or she sees fit, and return the wallet, with the buyer only being able to find out much later, how much was taken.