Personverns

Personverns is a concept related to the protection of personal information and the right to privacy in the digital age. It encompasses legal, technical, and social measures aimed at controlling how data about individuals is collected, stored, used, and shared.

Modern personverns emerged from mid-20th century concerns about government surveillance. Early data protection laws and guidelines culminated in the 1990s with the European Union's Data Protection Directive, followed by the GDPR in 2018.

Key principles include consent, purpose limitation, data minimization, transparency, accuracy, storage limitation, security, and accountability. Individuals have rights to access, correction, deletion, objection, and data portability.

In the European Union, GDPR sets broad rules for processing personal data and cross-border transfers. In the United States, privacy is largely sectoral, with laws like CCPA in California. Other regions have similar regimes.

Practices include privacy by design, impact assessments, data anonymization, encryption, access controls, and regular audits. Organizations must document processing activities and demonstrate compliance to authorities.

Ongoing debates focus on balancing privacy with innovation, security, and free expression. Global data flows, government surveillance, AI systems, and data breaches present persistent risks requiring enforcement and international cooperation.