Tutela normativa e jurisdicional da privacidade na internet: responsabilidades e medidas protetivas

Abstract

After the invention of the internet, new legal situations arising from this revolutionary technological advancement shown to be important for the legal world. The World Wide Web, however, has not only brought a lot of benefits, but also brought harmful effects. Privacy was one of the main victims of this technology. On the other hand, the protection on the web, has its technical peculiarities, limited to the architecture of a decentralized system, which requires specific technical knowledge of the legal system, as a way of getting a effectively protective measure in order to safeguard the privacy of the individual. The lack of internet regulations, combined with the legal practitioners´ lack of knowledge, including herein the Judiciary itself, results in an unfair practical application to the relations between companies and web users, which does not collaborate with social appeasement. The purpose of this project is to present a list of normative and legal guardianship able to protect and preserve privacy in the information society, outlining the responsibilities of the main internet service providers and hoping to contribute to a more balanced and innovative web.