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US: BIG DATA: Report to the President from the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (1)

11 June 2014

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"Aware of the major challenges and the risks posed by technological developments, and by the increasing tendency on the part of governments to carry out mass surveillance of individuals, the Conference confirms the need to modernise and strengthen the various legal frameworks for data protection, drawing on existing principles...the Conference calls on Council of Europe member states and the States Parties to Convention 108 to preserve and, where possible, increase the current level of protection afforded by the Convention..."

See the full text: Big data and privacy: a technological perspective (pdf)

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