Papers by ioannis iglezakis
Journal of Health and Medical Informatics, Apr 29, 2021
The Legal Regulation of Hate Speech on the Internet
EU Internet Law, 2017
The Internet with its unique ability of communication of one-to-many and many-to-many and its pot... more The Internet with its unique ability of communication of one-to-many and many-to-many and its potential for anonymous and mobile interaction has become the new frontier for the dissemination of hate speech. To deal with this issue, many countries have enacted legislation criminalizing hate speech, but international legal acts have also been introduced for the harmonization of national legislations. Τhis chapter will engage in a detailed presentation of the regulations of hate speech on the Internet, on an international level, and will furthermore explore its conflict with the right to freedom of expression.
The Legal Regulation of Hate Speech on the Internet
The Internet with its unique ability of communication of one-to-many and many-to-many and its pot... more The Internet with its unique ability of communication of one-to-many and many-to-many and its potential for anonymous and mobile interaction has become the new frontier for the dissemination of hate speech. To deal with this issue, many countries have enacted legislation criminalizing hate speech, but international legal acts have also been introduced for the harmonization of national legislations. Τhis chapter will engage in a detailed presentation of the regulations of hate speech on the Internet, on an international level, and will furthermore explore its conflict with the right to freedom of expression.
Part I. Regulation of the ICT Market
Part VI. Privacy Protection
Part II. Protection of Intellectual Property in the ICT Sector: Application of Copyright in the Area of ICT
Net Neutrality: Chances and Challenges in the Information Age
Traffic management on the internet might lead to discriminatory practices, in case network operat... more Traffic management on the internet might lead to discriminatory practices, in case network operators block or degrade online services that compete with their own services. Such practices jeopardize the open character of the internet and stifle competition on the net. In the EU, the European Commission acknowledged in 2009 its commitment in preserving the open and neutral character of the internet, and vowed to enshrine net neutrality as a policy objective and a regulatory principle. Consequently, Regulation 2015/2120 was adopted aiming to safeguard equal and non-discriminatory treatment of traffic on the provision of internet access services and related users’ rights. Providers of internet services are allowed, however, to apply reasonable traffic management in accordance with objectively justified technical requirements. The situation is different in the U.S., where the rules on net neutrality, that were adopted by the Federal Communications Commission in 2015, were repealed in Dec...
The advent of e-book publishing revolutionized the literary publishing world, but also brought ab... more The advent of e-book publishing revolutionized the literary publishing world, but also brought about significant changes in the distribution and pricing models, which may not be in conformity with competition law and are, thus, under scrutiny by competition authorities. Moreover, the existence of multiple e-book formats may hinder competition and could be seen as an abuse of dominant market position; this is due to the fact that they raise platform compatibility issues and, also, that they are tied to proprietary reader technology.
Part IV. Electronic Transactions
Part V. Non-contractual Liability
The EU Directives on Digital Contracts: An Important Step for Legal Harmonization in the area of e-commerce in Europe
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2021
The Right Not to Be Subject to Automated Individual Decision-Making/Profiling Concerning Big Health Data. Developing an Algorithmic Culture
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2021
Τhis paper explores the legal issues that arise from the collection and processing of Big Health ... more Τhis paper explores the legal issues that arise from the collection and processing of Big Health Data in the light of the EU legislation on Data Protection, placing particular emphasis on the General Data Protection Regulation. Whether Big Health Data can be characterised as “personal data” or not is really the crux of the matter. The legal ambiguity is compounded by the fact that, even though the processing of Big Health Data is premised on the de-identification of the data subject, the possibility of a combination of Big Health Data with other data circulating freely on the web or from other data files cannot be excluded. Moreover, data subject’s rights, e.g., the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, are heavily impacted by the use of AI, algorithms and technologies that reclaim health data for further use, resulting in sometimes ambiguous results that have substantial impact on individuals. On the other hand, as the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed, Big Data analytics can offer crucial source of information. In this respect, this paper identifies and systematises the legal provisions concerned, offering interpretative solutions that tackle dangers concerning data subjects’ rights while embracing the opportunities that Big Health Data have to offer.
The right not to be subject to automated individual decision- making/profiling concerning Big Health Data Developing an algorithmic culture
Τhis paper explores the legal issues that arise from the collection and processing of Big Health ... more Τhis paper explores the legal issues that arise from the collection and processing of Big Health Data in the light of the EU law on Data Protection, placing particular emphasis on the General Data Protection Regulation. Whether Big Health Data can be characterised as "personal data" or not is really the crux of the matter. The legal ambiguity is compounded by the fact that, even though the processing of Big Health Data is premised on the de-identification of the data subject, the possibility of a combination of Big Health Data with other data circulating freely on the web or from other data files cannot be excluded. Moreover, data subject's rights, e.g., the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, are heavily impacted by the use of AI, algorithms and technologies that reclaim health data for further use, resulting in sometimes ambiguous results that have substantial impact on individuals. On the other hand, as the COVID-19 pandemic h...
The Legal Regulation of Hate Speech on the Internet and its Conflict with Freedom of Expression
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2016
The Internet with its unique ability of communication of one-to-many and many-to-many and its pot... more The Internet with its unique ability of communication of one-to-many and many-to-many and its potential for anonymous and mobile interaction has become the new frontier for the dissemination of hate speech. To deal with this issue, many countries have enacted legislation criminalizing hate speech, but also international legal acts have been introduced for the harmonization of national legislations. In this paper, the regulations of hate speech on the Internet on an international level are presented and its conflict with the right to freedom of expression is explored.
Gwem, Aug 11, 2002
Projects have to handle a dynamic context with a lot of unexpected events. The more experienced p... more Projects have to handle a dynamic context with a lot of unexpected events. The more experienced project members are, the more likely it is that they can make the right decisions within critical situations. They can draw on experiences collected within similar situations in the past. By considering knowledge about the customers, divisions and technologies, the transfer of project results to the internal customers can be ensured. In this paper, we introduce an approach where we collect knowledge from project managers and transfer that knowledge into a Case-Based Reasoning system. Thus, experiences describing exceptional situations are stored within a case base. After an experimental evaluation the experiences are structured by three main characteristics: the context of the project, the specific problem and the developed solution. For the latter two characteristics we have chosen an actor-driven approach. In addition, we introduce a framework to integrate the case base into the organizational process.
Digital Tools for Computer Music Production and Distribution
This chapter describes the conflict between employers' legitimate rights and employees' r... more This chapter describes the conflict between employers' legitimate rights and employees' right to privacy and data protection as a result of the shift in workplace surveillance from a non-digital to a technologically advanced one. Section 1 describes the transition from non-digital workplace surveillance to an Internet-centred one, where “smart” devices are in a dominant position. Section 2 focuses on the legal framework (supranational and national legislation and case law) of workplace surveillance. In section 3, one case study regarding wearable technology and the law is carried out to prove that national and European legislation are not adequate to deal with all issues and ambiguities arising from the use of novel surveillance technology at work. The chapter concludes by noting that the adoption of sector specific legislation for employees' protection is necessary, but it would be incomplete without a general framework adopting modern instruments of data protection.
The Right to Be Forgotten in the Google Spain Case (Case C-131/12): A Clear Victory for Data Protection or an Obstacle for the Internet?
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2014
The right to be forgotten is a new right that is introduced in the General Data Protection Regula... more The right to be forgotten is a new right that is introduced in the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation 2016/679), which has been widely discussed. Critics, on the one hand, disagree with its necessity and hold the view that it represents the biggest threat to free speech on the Internet in the coming years. Viviane Reding, former EU Justice Commissioner and former Vice-President of the EU Commission, on the other hand, describes this right as a modest expansion of existing data privacy rights. The Court of Justice of the EU with its decision of 13 May 2014 in case C-131/12 confirmed this view, interpreting the provisions of Directive 95/46/EEC in such a way as to include a right ‘to be forgotten’ on the Net. The case refers particularly to search engines and their obligation to remove links to web pages from their lists of results, following requests of data subjects on the grounds that information should no longer be linked to their name by means of such a list and taking into account that even initially lawful processing of accurate data may, in the course of time, become incompatible with the directive where those data are no longer necessary in the light of the purposes for which they were collected or processed. This ruling addresses only one aspect of the ‘right to be forgotten’, which concerns the role of Internet Intermediaries, but has wider implications that need to be examined.
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