Sammendrag
The scope of this thesis is an analysis of the Health Sector Database decision by the Icelandic Supreme Court from the year 2003 and a comparison with the twenty years older Census Act decision by the Federal Constitutional Court in Germany. The comparative analysis is in relation to informational self-determination and privacy. Both cases involved a personal data collection and processing from the whole nation based on a controversial and highly political Act. Both decisions were made by each country s high court, where both courts decided there had been a breach of fundamental rights protected by each country s constitution.
Finally, the objective is to seek an answer to the question if a right to informational self-determination can be regarded as a separate fundamental right in Europe.