This article focuses on welfare surveillance as a sociological sub-discipline and a specific issue that has emerged in the past two decades in relation to the neoliberal revolution and the transformation of social systems in the West. The paper has three main goals: (1) a theoretical conceptualisation of welfare surveillance based on an analysis of existing empirical research; (2) an analysis of socio-practical manifestations and impacts of welfare surveillance; and (3) a contextualisation of the implementation of welfare surveillance within the Czech social milieu during recent social reforms. Within the scope of the first two goals, the author shows that welfare surveillance is theoretically construed along the lines of a specific combination of social justice and neoliberal governmentality, and that welfare surveillance enables the application of specific illiberal practices to welfare applicants and recipients in order to effectively discipline and normalise them, which results in the stigmatisation and criminalisation of recipients. Given that there is relatively little research on surveillance in the Czech Republic, the article opens with an introduction to the issue of surveillance.
Data protection is an integral part of privacy protection in healthcare services as processing of personal data of patients is essential for providing health care services. Currently, protection of personal data is regulated by Member State Law, transposing Directive 95/46/EC in individual Member States. From May 2018, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council (GDPR) will apply. To what extent will the regulation affect the provision of health services? Will there be any major changes? What should health care services provider put his focus on when implementing GDPR? and Ochrana osobných údajov je komplementárnou súčasťou ochrany súkromia pri poskytovaní zdravotných služieb. Táto činnosť je totiž nevyhnutne spojená so zaznamenávaním (spracúvaním) osobných údajov, a to predovšetkým osobných údajov osôb, ktorým poskytujú zdravotné služby. Doteraz ochranu osobných údajov upravovali v jednotlivých členských štátoch vnútroštátne (národné) úpravy, ktorými sa transponovala smernica 95/46/ES. Od mája 2018 sa začne uplatňovať Nariadenie Európskeho parlamentu a Rady (EÚ) 2016/679 (GDPR). V akom rozsahu sa nariadenie dotkne poskytovania zdravotných služieb? Dôjde k nejakým zásadným zmenám? Čomu by mal poskytovateľ venovať pozornosť?