RESPECT project deliberately sets out to differentiate itself with an approach that complements and builds upon previous studies without duplicating them. It does so through:

1. Focusing on application areas which for some reason (e.g. because they are new emerging technologies or recent societal trends) have not been adequately studied to date;
2. Adopting a comparative analysis methodology that is much wider than that taken in previous studies and in this case with a particularly pan-European and international approach;
3. Consciously adopting an inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary approach which is both more diverse and more comprehensive than that taken in previous studies;
4. Carefully examining the thrust and coverage of other major privacy/surveillance-related studies and EU FP7 projects (e.g. SMART and CONSENT) in an effort to feed directly from the results of other projects, build upon them and develop them further;
5. Aiming at achieving practical results for key stakeholders capable of being deployed across and outside Europe