Vol. 2 (2019): Yearbook of Data Protection 2019

The Yearbook of Data Protection 2019 begins with a text by Sérgio Henriques and João Luís on the legal grounds for the processing of personal data in the workplace, with special emphasis on consent. It is followed by two texts on the rights of the data subject, particularly the right not to be subject to exclusively automated decisions and the right to erasure; the first, authored by Gabriela Caldas, contributes to the debate around the (non-)existence of a data subject's right to an explanation of decisions made by algorithms without any human intervention; the second, by Francisco Lima and Mateus Carvalho, problematizes the hypothesis of the global application of the right to erasure.

The compatibility of certain technologies and their applications with the GDPR was a topic that occupied a significant part of the most recent academic debate on the right to personal data protection. This is the case with Smart Tourist Destinations, whose compliance with the GDPR principles is discussed by Manuel David Masseno and Cristiana Santos. The same applies to blockchain and video surveillance, analyzed respectively by Maria Rebelo and Lurdes Alves.

The Yearbook concludes with a critical view of the special data protection regimes (Inês Oliveira), an analysis of Directive (EU) 2016/681 and its respective proposal for transposition into national law (Ricardo Rodrigues de Oliveira), and a discussion on the law of secrets and constitutional imperativeness as a dilemma to new threats in a global context of defense and security (Sérgio Azevedo).