englischAs early as the second half of the last century, the vision of systems that could support medical decisions or even replace them emerged. Today, enormous progress is visible in information technology, such evolution being discussed, in particular, using the buzzword "artificial [...]

englischSmart personal assistants are a specific form of context-sensitive applications.

This thesis examines, firstly, the fundamental rights and legal requirements that are relevant to smart personal assistants, as well as the legal issues arising in connection with smart personal assistants, [...]

englischThe use of facial recognition in public spaces is highly controversial. In addition to government bodies, non-government bodies are also showing increasing interest in the use of the technology.

The study examines the extent to which individual autonomy is affected by the use of facial [...]

englischThe use of biometric facial recognition by the police is highly controversial. Facial recognition can contribute to the effective combating of crimes, but in some cases it is accompanied by grievous encroachments on fundamental rights. To achieve an appropriate balance in this regard is [...]

englischThe book is interesting for everyone who comes into contact with order processing as well as its auditing and TOMs. An overview of the developments concerning a common data protection audit within the meaning of the GDPR is given and legal and interdisciplinary studies are carried out on the [...]

englischThe work is dedicated to work in Industry 4.0, a development in which all real processes in the factory are to be digitally recorded and thus automated even more. This brings opportunities for employees, but also threatens de-skilling and comprehensive monitoring.

In labour law, the legal [...]

englischDecisions of computer programs not based on individual case programming but on artificial intelligence cannot be attributed to a human operator. Deployment of such programs can in turn lead to difficulites with regards to the application of legal concepts. This is true whether such programs [...]

englischFollowing two years of experience with the GDPR, this book performs an evaluation from the viewpoint of consumers and presents 33 simple and concrete proposals on how to improve its wording and better realise its goals. It also discusses conceptional weaknesses and develops proposals for [...]

englischAfter the financial crisis of 2008, the concept of an intended currency alternative called Bitcoin was published under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. During the first years after the publication, the interest focused exclusively on the use case of a new type of payment instrument. However, [...]

englischIn this book, the author discusses the questions of whether and how international legal barriers already limit the power of states on the Internet today and what these might look like in the future. In particular, he focuses on access to the Internet being a human right. One focus is freedom [...]

englischDynamics and a lack of transparency make it difficult for customers to demonstrate that the cloud services they use comply with the GDPR. However, the absence of such evidence may lead to high fines. Certification may be a remedy only if it adequately reflects the dynamics of cloud [...]

englischIndustrial Internet (“Industry 4.0”) solutions combine classic manufacturing with modern information and communication technology, leading to “intelligent” value-creation networks. This disruptive change raises a plethora of legal questions. While some of these issues follow legal problems [...]

englischThe subject of this Ph.D. thesis is the use of Artificial Intelligence for the conclusion of a contract in German civil law, as well as the resulting contractual liability. First of all, the technical characteristics that determine a legal assessment are highlighted. Then, the work deals [...]

englischThe book explains the new rules on trust services for electronic transactions – such as electronic signatures, seals, time-stamps, registered delivery services, and services for preservation and validation. It introduces the eIDAS Regulation of the EU which has been applicable in all member [...]

englischThe notion of identity already is enigmatic and becomes even more puzzling and complex with the digitization: what is deemed an individual identity is as much the result of an individual’s voluntary activity as it is the product of involuntary data-collections by third parties. These [...]

englischThe deployment of cloud services causes significant difficulties to the law. Regardless where data in the cloud is physically stored it is accessible from anywhere via the internet. The book “Cloud Computing and the State’s right to punish” on the one hand examines potential criminal risks [...]

englischThe author critically discusses the requirements on electronic voting machines, in particular; she deals with the principle of the public nature of elections. Starting point of this research is the judgment of the Federal Constitutional Court from March 3rd, 2009. All in all, the work deals [...]

englischBuildings become more and more equipped with information and communication (iac) technology. Beside Smart Meter systems complex, iac based operating facilities will be established for buildings in the long term. The realization of „Smart Home“ concepts are eligible. Simultaneously they go [...]

Der Band beinhaltet die überarbeiteten und zum Teil aktualisierten Beiträge der elften Fachtagung in der Reihe "Allianz von Informationstechnik und Medienrecht". Im Mittelpunkt steht die Frage, ob sich das Recht dem Cloud Computing anpassen oder vielmehr das Cloud Computing nach rechtlichen Vorgaben [...]

englischEverybody talks about Big Data. But what does Big Data mean for democracy? The book aims at establishing that connection, a connection mostly missing or missing out in discussions about these new methods of data processing. How does Big Data change the relationship between the private and [...]

englischThere is a trend towards technical systems acting more and more autonomously in the near future. This trend becomes especially apparent for instance in the development of autonomous vehicles. Autonomous systems do raise technical issues on the one hand, but on the other they especially [...]

englischLaboratory notebooks are increasingly kept electronically. Electronic laboratory notebooks (ELN) offer advantages over documentation on paper. However, they have the disadvantage that digitally stored data can be changed easily and undetectably and its depiction is dependent on hardware and [...]

Die Richtlinie 2006/24/EG fordert von allen Mitgliedstaaten, eine Vorratsdatenspeicherung einzuführen. Nur Deutschland ist der Umsetzungspflicht nicht nachgekommen, weil die Vorratsdatenspeicherung höchst umstritten ist. Das Buch untersucht unter der Prämisse, dass die Vorratsdatenspeicherung [...]

Wahlen über das Internet sind nur dann rechtsgemäß, wenn sie sicher sind. Daher ist es notwendig, dass die Sicherheit von Internetwahlen interdisziplinär von Rechtswissenschaft und Informatik gemeinsam erforscht wird. Eine einheitliche Methode, nach der Internetwahlsysteme interdisziplinär gestaltet [...]

Wie können demokratische Wahlen rechtsgemäß und sicher von der Urne auf das Internet übertragen werden? Der Band bietet für dieses Vorhaben sowohl die theoretischen Grundlagen als auch konkrete technische Gestaltungsvorschläge. Die Arbeit schafft einerseits eine umfassende rechtliche Systematik, die [...]