The occurrence and development of internet in the last decade has caused several changes in spreading and receiving information, resulting in the need to re-define several categories of law. Main topic of this Master's thesis is focused on the field of personal rights, which internet users are entitled to, as well as violation and protection of those rights. On the one hand we have web networks, which nowadays are by far the most popular platform for sharing ones thoughts, ideas, activities, interests and at the end of the day a lot of personal information. On the other hand, such an extensive use of those networks and sites require a lot of regulation, to ensure, that the need for privacy and rights of the users are fulfilled. That demanded and led to extensive and detailed expansion and update of the field of law which I'm about to present in this thesis. What happens when personal rights and internet cross paths? Although we use internet on a daily basis, most of us don't even realize, that our rights could be easily compromised or even violated. As an introduction to the topic, I've presented personal rights as such and protection of those rights. Continuation leads to a more thorough presentation of the internet networks, personal rights on those networks and lastly the violation of those rights, which often collide and fall victim to another human right – freedom of speech. Violation of personal rights on the internet is a very common occurrence, but thankfully, we have many effective instruments to sanction them and compensate the affected, while the victims are still alive. But what happens when a person dies, and their information and data still exist on the internet? In my opinion that concern is not expressed often enough, therefore I dedicated the ending chapter of my thesis to posthumous protection of personal rights on the web networks.
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