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1 online resource (281 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
| Contents |
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Foreword -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- The Legal Context of the Privacy Directive -- Data Protection and Information Technologies -- Effects of Data Protection Laws on Electronic Commerce -- Privacy Issues Affecting Many Organizations -- The Financial Services Sector -- Other Sectors with Large Transborder Activities -- Policy Recommendations for Privacy Issues -- The Internet, Electronic Commerce, and World Data Flows -- Appendix A: European Union Directive on Data Protection |
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Appendix B: Summary of Potential Effects of the EU Directive -- Index -- Back Cover |
| Summary |
The historic European Union Directive on Data Protection will take effect in October 1998. A key provision will prohibit transfer of personal information from Europe to other countries if they lack ""adequate"" protection of privacy. If enforced as written, the Directive could create enormous obstacles to commerce between Europe and other countries, such as the United States, that do not have comprehensive privacy statutes. In this book, Peter Swire and Robert Litan provide the first detailed analysis of the sector-by-sector effects of the Directive. They examine such topics as the text of the. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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European Parliament. European Union directive on data protection.
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European Parliament. |
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European Union directive on data protection (European Parliament) |
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European Union directive on data protection (European Parliament) |
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Data protection -- Law and legislation -- European Union countries.
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Data protection -- Law and legislation. |
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European Union countries. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Litan, Robert E., 1950-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Swire, Peter P. None of Your Business : World Data Flows, Electronic Commerce, and the European Privacy Directive Washington : Brookings Institution Press,c2010 9780815782391 |
| ISBN |
0815718713 |
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9780815718710 (electronic book) |
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