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International transfers of personal data outside the European union
Pechová, Tereza ; Svobodová, Magdaléna (advisor) ; Exner, Jan (referee)
Cross-border data flows from the EU: Data protection and the right to privacy Abstract This thesis discusses the legal concepts of privacy and personal data protection, the EU legal framework, specifically the relevant primary law and secondary EU law such as the Data Protection Directive and the General Data Protection Regulation. The thesis further examines the concept of international transfers of personal data outside the European Union and the legal basis for such transfers, as regulated by the GDPR, its different methods and their comparison in relation to their scope and specific use. The author considered the definition of the adequacy decision, the process of granting such a decision and its criteria to be essential. Subsequently, the thesis dealt with the presentation of appropriate safeguards as alternative methods of international transfers of personal data under EU law. The focus of the thesis is to introduce the third country regime using the example of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as a former EU Member State. In this respect, the thesis examines the development of UK data protection law in terms of international data transfers after Brexit. The thesis has looked into the negotiations between the UK and the EU on their trade and cooperation agreement. Particular...
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SCL group a Cambridge analytica: jak ovlivnily politiku a společnost v Evropě a Severní Americe
Komínek, Martin
The bachelor's thesis focuses on the scandal involving Cambridge Analytica and compares its impacts on society and politics in Europe and the USA. The theoretical part introduces key concepts in the field of modern technologies, which play an important role in communication and are essential for understanding political marketing strategies. Furthermore, an analysis of the SCL Group and its subsidiaries, which specialize in data analysis and political marketing, is conducted. In the empirical part, factors related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal that influence politics and society in Europe and North America are analyzed through a comparison of two events: the United Kingdom's referendum on membership in the European Union and the 2016 US presidential election. The conclusion presents the results of the findings.
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Analysis of dispute settlement mechanism in Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and the UK
Kurková, Michaela ; Šlosarčík, Ivo (advisor) ; Tomalová, Eliška (referee)
The thesis deals with the analysis of the dispute settlement mechanism in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The present legal arrangements governing the relationship between the United Kingdom, as the first former member state, and the European Union entail a number of ambiguities in political and legal discourse. In order to obtain a comprehensive picture and achieve the research objective, the thesis also includes the Withdrawal Agreement and a selected new generation trade agreement, the EU-Korea Agreement, as part of its analysis. To achieve this objective, the thesis sets out to answer two research questions, that is (1) how the institutional provisions of the agreements involved in the system of dispute settlement differ from each other and, where applicable, from the provisions of standard trade agreements concluded by the EU, and (2) how the dispute settlement mechanism foreseen by the individual agreements differ from each other and, where applicable, from other dispute settlement mechanisms in EU trade agreements. By answering the research questions, the author tests the hypothesis of the persistence of EU influences on the dispute settlement system in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the...
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The impact of Brexit on the activity of banks: 2013-2021 country by country reporting data
Hatalová, Lucia Mária ; Janský, Petr (advisor) ; Sivá, Soňa (referee)
The withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union marks one of the most important events in recent history. The consequences of Brexit, particularly the loss of passporting rights in the services sector, have had severe adverse effects on British trade because it created barriers and challenges for British businesses to access the EU market and vice versa. This thesis aims to contribute to the existing literature on the impact of Brexit on financial ser- vices, specifically focusing on the banking sector. I use the country-by-country reporting data spanning from 2013 to 2021 to investigate the activity of 44 Eu- ropean banks. Using the turnover of the banks as a substitute for measuring banking activity, I estimate the gravity model employing the PPML and OLS estimators. The results indicate a negative effect of 24% on the turnover of British banks abroad relative to the domestic turnover. This suggests that the loss of pass- porting rights and the subsequent regulatory changes decreased the international operations of UK-based banks. In contrast, EU-based banks experienced 30% higher turnover in partner countries than domestically. 1
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Geopolitical topics in Northern Ireland elections
Král, Josef ; Jelen, Libor (advisor) ; Vrhel, Matěj (referee)
The main aim of this thesis is to analyse and interpret the electoral manifestos of several Northern Irish political parties, namely the Democratic Unionist Party, Traditional Unionist Voice, Ulster Unionist Party, Sinn Féin, Social Democratic and Labour Party, People Before Profit and Alliance, in terms of the projection of geopolitical and globally significant social events, namely Brexit and the Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland, the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, into the electoral manifestos of the parties in question. The thesis uses a combination of critical discursive analysis and content analysis to process the given electoral programmes. In terms of timing, these are documents drawn up by the parties for the Northern Ireland Assembly elections in May 2022. The importance of each issue for the parties in question, the frequency with which the issues appear in the programmes and the way in which the parties deal with the issues in their programmes are examined. The parties' attitudes to the issues, or the existence of consensus or cleavages within the Northern Irish political scene, are also examined. The theoretical framework of the thesis is based on the theory of cleavage lines. The thesis has identified the projection of the aforementioned events into electoral...
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Transforming Democracy in the Digital Age: The Cambridge Analytica and Facebook Scandal
Tomšů, Adriana ; Šindelář, Jakub (advisor) ; Mejstřík, Martin (referee)
This bachelor's thesis focuses on the issue of the adaptation of democracy to the increasing influence of digitization. First, in the introductory part, the context is set in the ongoing debate about the given issue within the experts. After that, key concerns about democracy in the digital age, the attitudes of optimists and pessimists, and the possibilities of using social networks in political campaigns are presented. Subsequently, the practical part contains qualitative research, which is carried out using the case study method. The chosen case study is the misuse of data in the Brexit campaign, also known as the "Cambridge Analytica & Facebook scandal". The final part deals with the reaction of the European Union and the attitude towards the current measures. The aim of the thesis is to point out the issue of misuse of digital platforms in the framework of political campaigns and the violation of the basic principles of democracy. The thesis seeks an answer to the main research question leaked in the introduction: "Can we consider the way in which the European Union responded to the growing influence of technology in political campaigns to be sufficient?". Based on the obtained data and a detailed analysis of the given case study, this thesis concludes that the current measures in connection...
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Visual Representation of Brexit in Britisch Online Media
Benešová, Stanislava ; Hrůzová, Andrea (advisor) ; Silverio, Robert (referee)
This thesis deals with the topic of visual representation of Brexit, which was a once-in-a-lifetime event that affected millions of Brits. The United Kingdom held a referendum in 2016 which resulted in the country'sleaving the European Union. That led to a major shift in British media discourse. Brexit had a political, economic,and social impact and that manifested in the thematical agenda. The visual coverage consisted not only of portraits of politicians but also of campaign posters, reportage photographs, and illustrative images.This thesis examinestwo traditional British newswebsites which are The Guardian and The Daily Mail. Analysisof several newsarticlesis conducted using a combination of discourse analysis and compositional interpretation. It is examined what the visual coverage of Brexit looked like and what effect it had on the media agenda.
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The impact of Brexit on EU trade
PETERKOVÁ, Dagmar
Theoretical part of the master´s thesis explains the fundamental terms necessary for introduction to the topic and understanding the situation. Practical part of the master´s thesis is divided into two parts. The first part consists of qualitative research through a questionnaire survey of Czech exporters registered in Official Database of Czech Trade, government pro-export agency, and the data are evaluated by the synthesis method. The second part of the master´s thesis is a case study demonstrating trade between European Union and the United Kingdom before Brexit and after the end of the Brexit transition period. The conclusion is a summary and at the same time a connection of all obtained information into one whole as well as a confirmation of the hypothesis of this master´s thesis.
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Multidimensional Analysis of Security Concerns over Immigration: the Case of the United Kingdom
Cherkas, Alina ; Střítecký, Vít (advisor) ; Fitzgerald, James (referee) ; Kay, Rebecca (referee)
2 Abstract Building upon the Paris school of securitisation, this dissertation investigates the relationship between securitised migration and the perception of the European Union in the United Kingdom. Being among the first quantitative studies in the field of security, the work applies various data visualisation techniques and standard quantitative methods to study the phenomenon of migration securitisation in the UK between 2004 and 2018 based on the European Social Survey Data. Extensive exploratory analysis uncovers the existence of a distinct group of people in the UK who perceive both the EU and migration as threats. The analysis also finds stark regional and temporal differences that suggest a certain degree of securitisation of the migration issue in the run-up of the Brexit referendum, which disappears shortly after. Regression analysis using a fixed-effect model provides a reliable estimate of a strong and substantial effect of securitised migration on the perception of the EU. Keywords: Brexit, migration, securitisation, United Kingdom, visualisation, regression analysis.
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Image of the United Kingdom in Russian media in the context of Brexit
Sharkova, Olga ; Kasáková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Váška, Jan (referee)
The withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union was a significant global issue that attracted the attention of experts in politics and international relations, as well as the general public and mass media. Since the Brexit referendum, the world has been focused on the situation in the United Kingdom. Mass media in all countries have covered this event in different ways. Thus, this diploma thesis "Image of the United Kingdom in Russian media in the context of Brexit" examines the image of Great Britain in Russian pro-governmental media Russia Today and opposition media Dozhd. This study is based on a critical discourse analysis of the articles from both sources in the period from June 23, 2016 to 2018. Based on this analysis, the image of the UK in each of these media was subsequently constructed. Particular attention is paid to the coverage of Russian interference in the Brexit referendum through an emotional appeal to British voters using the social network Twitter and disinformation. The image of the United Kingdom in the context of Brexit in opposition and pro-governmental media was then compared to identify how the image of the UK was changing under the circumstances of Russian interference, as well as to determine the views held by these media on Russian interference in the Brexit...
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