Privacy Enhancing Technologies, trasparenza e tutela della persona nell’ambiente digitale

The processing of personal data has surely decreased user awareness of the usage of information relating to them. What is currently missing worth are technical means and user interfaces with respect to data flow, as well as tools for practically exercising the rights which have been recognised to data subjects by the GDPR. Transparency Enhancing Tools (TET), as subtypes of Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PET), pave the way for a renovated approach to data sovereignty. On the other hand, legal compliance with the GDPR can be better achieved by professional operators, as well as the company’s reputation may benefit from adopting technical measures in line with the principle of transparency. In this respect, Privacy Information Management Systems (PIMS) and Personal Data Stores (PDS) could be seen as technological solutions for balancing the opposite interests of the actors of the digital economy.