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Cyberspace and Criminal Protection of Privacy in the Jordanian Legislation Under the Corona Pandemic: A Comparative Study

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Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Systems and Informatics 2022 (AISI 2022)

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The importance of the study is to demonstrate the criminal protection of personal data for individuals in general and patients in particular, and it aimed to demonstrate the adequacy of Jordanian legislation and comparing to provide legal protection of the individuals’ personal data, especially patients, in light of the Corona pandemic. The study also aims to illustrate the balance between two rights; the right of privacy for individuals’ data, especially patients infected with the Corona virus and the right of authorized parties to access this data in order to limit the spread of this virus. In order to achieve the study objectives, it discussed the nature of the concepts of privacy and personal data, and indicated the legislative treatments of the patients’ data, whether it was through the general criminal law, or through laws related to informatics, through medical charters, or even through the legislation related to the pandemic and to explain how these concepts contributed to the criminal protection of patients’ data. The study combined the analytical and comparative approach, and it concluded that the current legislation is not sufficient to protect a right worthy of legal protection, which is the right of privacy in personal data. The privacy of personal data has been exposed to many violations in the light of cyberspace, which requires legislators to hurry to issue special laws that surround personal data with a fence of criminal protection.

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  1. Department of public law’ School of Law, The University of Jordan, Amman, 11942, Jordan

    Amal A. Abuanzeh

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Abuanzeh, A.A., Alshurideh, M. (2023). Cyberspace and Criminal Protection of Privacy in the Jordanian Legislation Under the Corona Pandemic: A Comparative Study. In: Hassanien, A.E., Snášel, V., Tang, M., Sung, TW., Chang, KC. (eds) Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Systems and Informatics 2022. AISI 2022. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, vol 152. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20601-6_45

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