الحماية القانونية للحق في الخصوصية المعلوماتية : دراسة مقارنة

Abstract EN

The right to privacy is one of the basic human right, as it mainly relates to human dignity and respect.

From this point on, legislation and laws have worked over the years to protect the right of the individual to freedom of his own and the inability of others to interfere in his private affairs without his permission.

The rapid technical development has evolved in all aspects of the individual life, most importantly of which is the social aspect, in terms of new ways of communication between individuals, between individuals and official bodies, and between individuals and society, which includes revealing a percentage of this privacy in exchange for the services provided in return.

Which created the concept of data privacy, which this research delves into in its study as a new legal concept and what it requires of special protection at the national and international levels.

The first chapter includes the timeline of the concept of data privacy and the challenges facing providing protection for it.

The second chapter studies the basic aspects related to data privacy, including characteristics, examples, challenges, and international efforts and their contribution to strengthening the protection of this right and spreading awareness about it.

The third chapter discusses the legal challenges facing the international protection of the right to data privacy with a mention of the contemporary position of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and comparative countries towards this right.

The research concludes the adequacy and effectiveness of the international protection available for the right to data privacy with the aim of showing weaknesses and strengths in contribution to the development of the international legal entity to protect data privacy.