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Virtual environments are becoming more and more accepted, and part of the everyday online experience for many users. This offers new potential for both surveillance and data mining. Some of the techniques used are discussed in this paper.
However, such activities may in many countries conflict with the legal framework in place, for example with the German Federal Data Protection Act (Datenschutzgesetz). This point is illustrated by means of comparisons with real-world collection of personal data scenarios such as telephone tapping or video surveillance.
The original version of this chapter was revised: The copyright line was incorrect. This has been corrected. The Erratum to this chapter is available at DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02312-5_25
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Cikic, S., Lehmann-Grube, F., Sablatnig, J. (2009). Surveillance and Datenschutz in Virtual Environments. In: Sorell, M. (eds) Forensics in Telecommunications, Information and Multimedia. e-Forensics 2009. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02312-5_24
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