None of your business : world data flows, electronic commerce, and the European privacy directive
"The historic European Union Directive on Data Protection takes effect in October 1998. A key provision prohibits transfer of personal information from Europe to other countries if the European Commission decides that they lack "adequate" protection of privacy. If enforced as written, the Directive could significantly disrupt 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 analyze the tension between privacy laws, which restrict data flows, and modern information technologies, which encourage them. Based on study of actual data flows between Europe and the United States, the book provides the first detailed analysis of the potential sector-by-sector effects of the Directive. This analysis reveals significant problems under the Directive for financial services, human resources records, corporate intranets, and many other essential aspects of modern economies. The book offers policy recommendations for helping to avoid a possible trade war with Europe." "This book will be of interest to the many individuals and organizations affected by the new European privacy laws and by proposed new privacy laws in the United States."--Jacket
Print Book, English, ©1998
Brookings Institution Press, Washington, D.C., ©1998
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ix, 269 pages ; 24 cm
9780815782407, 9780815782391, 0815782403, 081578239X
39785922
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
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