From «computing freedom» towards the constitutionalization of new digital rights (1978-2018).

Authors

  • Artemi Rallo Lombarte Universidad Jaume I

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5944/rdp.100.2017.20713

Keywords:

Data protection, privacy, digital rights, computing.

Abstract

Abstract:
The reference to computing in the Spanish Constitution (1978) recognized constitutional significance to the need for protection against the technological risks. Four decades later, the contemporary society faces the challenge of constitutionalising new digital rights. In Spain, two laws (LOPD and LORTAD) developed the constitutional article that enshrined the guarantee of rights against the use of computers. The Constitutional Court inferred from article 18.4 CE an autonomous fundamental right to the protection of personal data. Spanish data protection laws are the result of the obligation to comply with
international (Convention 108 of the Council of Europe from 1981) and European (Directive 95/46, article 8 of the CDFUE and Regulation EU 2016/679) commitments. However, the European, legal or constitutional, recognition of the fundamental right to data protection does not exclude the need to establish a new framework for the protection of citizens in the digital age in which new digital rights should be recognized.

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Author Biography

Artemi Rallo Lombarte, Universidad Jaume I

Catedrático de Derecho Constitucional. Departamento de Derecho Público. Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Económicas. Universitat Jaume I. Avda. de Vicent Sos Baynat, s/n. E-12071
Castelló de la Plana. España (Spain).

Published

2017-12-20

How to Cite

Rallo Lombarte, A. (2017). From «computing freedom» towards the constitutionalization of new digital rights (1978-2018). Revista de Derecho Político, 1(100), 639–669. https://doi.org/10.5944/rdp.100.2017.20713

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Section

MONOGRÁFICO XL ANIVERSARIO CONSTITUCIÓN. TÍTULO I. CAPÍTULO II.

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