ABSTRACT
In this final chapter, we highlight some of the key findings and recommendations from the previous chapters and draw attention to a European Parliament report and resolution that ‘Condemns the vast and systemic blanket collection of the personal data of innocent people’. A key conclusion from this book is that there is rising concern about the extent and perva-
siveness of surveillance in our society today, and its impact on privacy and democracy. Here are some indicators of that rising concern. On 1 November 2013, Brazil and Germany formally presented a resolution on ‘The right to
privacy in the digital age’ to the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, urging all countries to extend internationally guaranteed rights to privacy to the Internet and other electronic communications. The resolution, adopted by the General Assembly, calls upon member states ‘To establish independent national oversight mechanisms capable of ensuring transparency and accountability of State surveillance of communications, their interception and collection of personal data’.1
