The legacy of the privacy versus security narrative in the ECtHR’s jurisprudence
<p>The past two decades of counterterrorism strategy attest to the fact that the security/privacy trade-off approach is not only outdated, but that it also amounts to a gross oversimplification of the complexities involved in the modern culture of surveillance. Nevertheless, the ECtHR̵...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | deu |
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Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbH
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Series: | Verfassungsblog |
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Online Access: | https://verfassungsblog.de/os6-privacy-vs-security/ |
Summary: | <p>The past two decades of counterterrorism strategy attest to the fact that the security/privacy trade-off approach is not only outdated, but that it also amounts to a gross oversimplification of the complexities involved in the modern culture of surveillance. Nevertheless, the ECtHR’s acceptance of bulk interception regimes as measures that in principle fall within states’ discretion seems to be predicated on this outdated trade-off.</p>
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ISSN: | 2366-7044 |