Zeitschrift für Zivil- und Rechtswissenschaften

Abstrakt

Magnitude of Benefits in Privacy Data Protection

Sunhee Yun

In an information society the self is expressed, defined, and affected through and by information and information technology. The boundaries between private and public become blurred. Privacy has therefore become more a class of multifaceted interests than a single, unambiguous concept. However, the same technology that makes it easy to share our personal information is also a danger: once our information has been shared it is difficult or even impossible to maintain control over it.