CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2012
| Author | Csáky, Zselyke |
|---|---|
| Title | "Who are we, if we are not our body?" - Privacy and Surveillance in the Post-9/11 Era |
| Summary | It is often argued that the events of 9/11 have transformed our lives to a considerable extent. This argument implies fundamental changes in the field of privacy and suggests that the state encroaches upon our personal life to a much greater extent that before. The thesis therefore examines how privacy protection has changed since the attacks through the analysis of laws and policies of the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom, where applicable. The analysis is conducted by narrowing down the focus from the general level of counter-terror laws to surveillance and the use of body scanners. The general overview of counter-terror legislation shows that practices employed across the jurisdictions are remarkably similar and result in sweeping laws that significantly curb civil liberties. Preventive and soft security measures are prevalent in the inventory of the European Union as well, which therefore cannot serve as a model to the US. In addition, the analysis of surveillance laws in the United States and in Europe demonstrates the intensification of surveillance by the state, whilst the use of body scanners contributes to the aggravation of the situation. Yet, however privacy-invasive these measures are be, they still do not corroborate the emergence of a new conception of our body. |
| Supervisor | Sándor, Judit |
| Department | Legal Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2012/csaky_agota.pdf |
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