Data Mining and Its Paradoxical Relationship to the Purpose Limitation Principle

摘要: European Union data protection law aims to protect individuals from privacy intrusions through a myriad of procedural tools that reflect code fair information principles. These empower the individual by giving him/her rights control processing his/her data. One problems, however, with Union’s current reliance on principles is these are increasingly challenged technological reality. And, perhaps nowhere this more evident than when it comes mining, which puts ultimate test. As early as 1998, commentators have noted there quite paradoxical relation between mining and some principles.This paper seeks explore so-called relationship further specifically examine how calls into question purpose limitation principle. Particular attention will be paid defies principle in way analysis recent past do not.