The security of personal data of users in online socialization networks. Legal aspects

• Author: Adrian C. Manea
• Position: Transilvania University of Brasov
• Pages: 179-186

Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov

Series VII: Social Sciences • Law • Vol. 10 (59) No. 1 - 2017

THE SECURITY OF PERSONAL DATA OF

USERS IN ONLINE SOCIALIZATION

NETWORKS. LEGAL ASPECTS

Adrian C. MANEA1

Abstract: Starting from the freedom of expression of the person as a

fundamental principle laid down in the Convention for the Protection of

Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the fundamental principle of the

Internet law is unequivocally defined: the principle of the freedom of the

Internet, together with other principles such as the principle of privacy

protection, the principle of territorial jurisdiction or the principle of inter-

state cooperation. The Internet and the information society in general also

involve the processing of users' personal data, systems processing current

data in various fields from education to health, from public administration to

on-line trade, placing the individual above the general interest of the

economic operator, thus respecting the individual's right to privacy in a

global society.

Key words: Internet, personal data, network, protection, cyberspace.

1. Introduction

The traditional branches of law seem to be clearly defined and individualized, including

in terms of public and private law classification, and yet we find that the development of

technology and the excessive computerization present in all fields, the increasingly

frequent use of databases, either it relates to employees, students, pupils, or insurants in

the health system or users of the social networking systems, this now entitles us to talk

about the Internet law in relation to the individual rights in the sphere of human / citizen's

private rights as naturally as about landing on the Moon.

In line with the international treaties and pacts regarding the fundamental human rights

and freedoms adopted in the second half of the 20th century, we obviously will not find

regulations on the freedom of expression on the internet or the rights of the individual as

a user of the Internet, but due to the integration of the Internet among the mass means of

communication and information, we will assimilate the stated rights related to the

freedom of opinion / expression, thus achieving the coordinates of the Internet freedom

principle related to which we will outline the rights of the individual as a user of the

Internet.

Although we speak of the personal, individual rights of the individual / citizen as a user

of the Internet, or as a subject of different databases accessed for a particular interest

1 Transilvania University of Braşov, a.c.manea@unitbv.ro