Privacy, regulations to protect privacy, and data protection have been legal and social issues in many Western countries for a number of decades. However, recent measures to combat terrorism, fight crime, and increase security, together with the growing social acceptance of privacy-invasive technologies can be considered a serious threat to the fundamental right to privacy. The Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society have undertaken a research project examining the reasonable expectations of privacy and the reality of data protection. The project is aimed at developing an international research network of privacy experts and to carry out research on the practice, meaning, and legal performance of privacy and data protection in an international perspective. The eleven country reports examine case law on video surveillance and workplace privacy. The conclusions are intended to trigger and stimulate an international debate on the use and possible drawbacks of the 'reasonable expectations of privacy' concept.
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1. Introduction Sjaak Nouwt and Berend R. de Vries; 2. A general survey of video surveillance law in the United States Robert Gellman; 3. Privacy and data protection in the workplace: the US case David J. Phillips; 4. Video surveillance and privacy protection law in Canada Colin J. Bennett and Robin M. Bayley; 5. Switching off the surveillance society? Legal regulation of CCTV in the United Kingdom Lilian Edwards; 6. Camera surveillance in the Netherlands Sjaak Nouwt, Berend R. de Vries and Dorus van der Burgt; 7. Privacy and data protection in the workplace: the Netherlands Frank Hendrickx; 8. Camera surveillance and workplace privacy in Belgium Paul de Hert and Mieke Loncke; 9. Privacy and data protection at the workplace in Germany Thomas Hoeren and Sonja Eustergerling; 10. Privacy and data protection at the workplace in Hungary Máté D. Szabó and Iván Székely; 11. Personal data protection in the workplace in Italy Giusella Finocchiaro; 12. Video surveillance and related privacy and data protection issues: the Italian experience Paolo Balboni; 13. Analysis of the country reports Sjaak Nouwt, Berend R. de Vries and Roel Loermans.