A new generation of digital rights

Authors

  • Artemi Rallo Lombarte Universidad Jaume I de Castellón

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18042/cepc/rep.187.04

Keywords:

Internet, digital rights, data protection, technology, privacy, right to be forgotten, videosurveillance, human rights

Abstract

The Organic Law 3/2018, of 5 December, on the protection of personal data and guarantee of digital rights, provides an answer to the need to guarantee, in the contemporary society, rights to subordinate technology and to preserve dignity and individual rights in all social areas. But new digital rights included in Title X raise several questions on its constitutional basis, its collision with other rights and freedoms, its effective guarantee and its future development. This paper shows that guaranteeing digital rights does not imply only ensuring that citizens do not see limited their ability to use technology or that individuals can enforce their rights in the face of technology. The effective guarantee of rights in the digital age imposes obligations on the public authorities to enable full access to the technological tools that allow developing human personality in the contemporary digital world.

Published

2020-03-21

Issue

Section

ARTICLES