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Legal Issues of Ambient Intelligence in the SERENITY Project

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Security and Dependability for Ambient Intelligence

Part of the book series: Advances in Information Security ((ADIS,volume 45))

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The successful functionality of the solutions proposed by the SERENITY project will only be achieved when they fit into the existing legal framework. Therefore, when developing software and hardware solutions, developers must respect requirements set out by law. The aim of this chapter is to define legal challenges that arise with the advent of the Ambient Intelligence, and to explain how SERENITY deals with the challenge of legal compliance. To do this, we will first describe how the legal requirements are translated into a machinereadable form in the SERENITY project, and introduce the concept of so called legal patterns. The application of relevant legal principles on data protection will be illustrated using two particular scenarios. We will then focus on practical legal problems related to daily operations of SERENITY technical solutions. Finally, we conclude with an evaluation of the SERENITY approach and its outcomes

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    Krausová, A., Dumortier, J. (2009). Legal Issues of Ambient Intelligence in the SERENITY Project. In: Kokolakis, S., Gómez, A., Spanoudakis, G. (eds) Security and Dependability for Ambient Intelligence. Advances in Information Security, vol 45. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-88775-3_16

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