Privacy in the Times of Big Data, IoT, Wearables"¦? Yes, More than Ever

Abstract

For some time now, generally speaking we could say since the development of Internet, and specially with the appearance of Cloud Computing and the increasing importance of social networks, it seems to be a tendency to believe that we are in a post-Privacy age. This tendency looks even more intense after the last package of new technologies mentioned in the title of this paper, that is the reason why we think that it is necessary to make a brief review of the historical development of Privacy, to clear what Privacy really means and to explain why this concept not only has not lost its current value, it is even more important than ever, particularly because of its capability to protect vulnerable subjects. We will make this review from both a legal and an ethical point of view