Stanzione, in 25 years privacy has become everyone's right

(ANSA) - ROME, APRIL 05 - In a quarter of a century the privacy of bourgeois law has become a conquest of all, in support of freedom and democracy.

This is the balance that the President of the Privacy Authority, PasqualeStanzione, traces in an interview with ANSA released on the occasion of the presentation of the photographic book "25 years of Privacy in Italy. From the courtesy distance to the algorithm".

The volume, produced in collaboration with the agency, traces the mandates that have followed one another from 1997 to today and will be presented on 6 April at 3.30 pm in Rome, at the Chamber of Commerce - Tempiodi Adriano.

    What are the main achievements of this fourth century?

"Undoubtedly the democratization of privacy; its affirmation as a right more and more of all and all and, above all, of the last. Originally born and perceived as a traditional bourgeois prerogative, the right to privacy has progressively established itself as a powerful instrument of guarantee for the weaker groups" .

    War, along with human lives, wipes out the rights of individuals.

How to protect vulnerable people?

"Like any emergency, war amplifies the dimension of necessity and induces to underestimate the importance of rights. Almost always the most vulnerable subjects are the ones who suffer from them due to their social, economic and personal condition. This is unacceptable. This is why, for example, just with respect to the war we reiterated the need to avoid, in the precious exercise of freedom of information, the pornography of pain ".

    During the pandemic, efforts were made to reconcile the needs for the protection of privacy and public health.

Are you satisfied with the work done?

What are the critical issues to overcome?

"The pandemic has taught us to always seek, behind pretended antagonisms, a virtuous synergy between self and us, freedom and solidarity. Privacy has been an important interpreter of this balancing requirement, demonstrating the relevance of its" social function. "in guaranteeing a democratically sustainable balance with collective needs".

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