Santos, Melanie NeivaSantos, Susana Ferreira dos2023-12-062023-12-062023Santos, Melanie; Santos, Susana Ferreira dos (2023). Disruption, the right to privacy and legislative policy=Interesse publico, direito à privacidade e política legislativa. In XI Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Ciência Política. p. 76http://hdl.handle.net/10198/28920The aim of the research is to ascertain the place that rights have in a democracy when society experiments disruptive events and to highlight the tension between public interests and the right to privacy. Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, on the grounds of public security, laws were strengthened, individuals waived part of their privacy right and freedom of movement was compressed. The fear of strongly financed terrorist groups led to new regulation in the EU, preventing the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing . The 2008 financial crisis and the panic sparked by the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy raised awa reness for systemic risk in the financial system. Transparency became a central issue and Directi ve (EU) 2015/849 of the EP and of the Council of 20/05 came into force. The Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on society generated regulation in a fierce compass. So ciety was prompt into a fast pace digital transformation, accelerating online services, massive amount of data was posted in digital platforms and privacy constricted, for the sake of public health. People have ceded aspects of their freedoms to their Governments and measures taken have affected the right to privacy in 60 countries (UNO).engPublic interestsRight to privacyDisruptionRegulationconference object