I wish people would maintain the principle of common sense,

Currently, the rise of digital crime is enormous, and this should be used to explain that a common cause is often the misuse of personal information, which is insufficiently protected and relatively easily accessible. In 1960, William Prosser defined four categories of offenses that form the basis of the right to privacy violation: 1) Intrusion upon an individual's solitude, isolation, or private affairs (e.g., the Office did not have its own budget for purchasing adequate 'roof over the head' (created in mid-2000) and the government was not inclined to release funds to an independent institution ('if you are independent, help yourself')). Since I participated in the creation of the law and its enforcement in the Czech Parliament, I would do many things differently in this area, without contradicting the then EU Directive. Although today we see that especially the younger generation is more relaxed and open when sharing private information, this does not mean that society is abandoning privacy and its protection, nor that personal data can be freely manipulated. Jiří Kaucký (current chairman of ÚOOÚ) at the June meeting on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Office, what do you see as the biggest challenges and topics today in personal data protection?

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