Informationelle Selbstbestimmung im Privatrecht

The significance of data protection as a central factor for trust and policy-shaping in the development of a modern information society has been generally recognized. The much lamented lack of enforcement of data protection regulations often leaves the individual unprotected against the desire for information shown by data processing institutions. Benedikt Buchner develops an independent data protection model for private law which puts an end to the unrelated juxtaposition of civil law and data protection law. He shows why it is sensible to choose an independent approach to regulating this in private law. He explains why it is preferable to have a private autonomous reconciliation of interests and how it can be ensured that the private autonomous exercise of the protection of privacy does not remain merely legal fiction.