Search for dissertations about: "United states - intelligence"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words United states - intelligence.

  2. 1. Legal Implications of Data Mining : Assessing the European Union’s Data Protection Principles in Light of the United States Government’s National Intelligence Data Mining Practices

    Author : Liane Colonna; Cecilia Magnusson Sjöberg; Antonina Bakardjieva-Engelbrekt; Dan Svantesson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; data mining; data protection; privacy; Directive 95 46 ec; data transfers; EU law; US law; rättsinformatik; Law and Information Technology;

    Abstract : This dissertation addresses some of the data protection challenges that have arisen from globalization, technological progress, terrorism and seamless cross-border flows of personal data.  The focus of the thesis is to examine ways to protect the personal data of EU citizens, which may be collected by communications service providers such as Google and Facebook, transferred to the US Government and data mined within the context of American national intelligence surveillance programs. READ MORE

  4. 2. Sponsors of War : State Support for Rebel Groups in Civil Conflicts

    Author : Niklas Karlén; Kristine Eck; Desirée Nilsson; Erin Jenne; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; external support; intervention; civil war; state sponsorship; conflict delegation; proxy war; internationalized conflict; negotiations; conflict recurrence; US foreign policy; Nicaragua; Syria; Peace and Conflict Research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

    Abstract : Many civil wars are illustrative of wider international tensions and connections that transcend state borders. States often intervene to influence the trajectory and outcome of civil conflicts by providing external support to warring parties. READ MORE

  5. 3. Smartphone security : The smartphone as a security device and the public/private production of security

    Author : Håvard Rustad Markussen; Charlotte Wagnsson; Stefan Borg; Niklas Bremberg; Försvarshögskolan; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Smartphone; security devices; appropriation; public private security; Critical Security Studies; Science and Technology Studies; Political Science; Statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the smartphone as a security device through a comprehensive summary and four independent papers. The thesis starts from the observation that a central and yet underexplored characteristic of contemporary security politics is that the smartphone, as one especially important piece of consumer technology, is increasingly being transformed into a security device. READ MORE