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World Data Flows, Electronic Commerce, and the European Privacy Directive
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2010
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 Directive, the tension between privacy laws and modern information technologies, issues affecting a wide range of businesses and other organizations, effects on the financial services sector, and effects on other prominent sectors with large transborder data flows. In light of the many and significant effects of the Directive as written, the book concludes with detailed policy recommendations on how to avoid a coming trade war with Europe.
The book will be of interest to the wide range of individuals and organizations affected by the important new European privacy laws. More generally, the privacy clash discussed in the book will prove a major precedent for how electronic commerce and world data flows will be governed in the Internet Age.
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Copyright year
2010
ISBN-Print
978-0-8157-8239-1
ISBN-Online
978-0-8157-1871-0
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
269
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Foreword No access
Table of Contents No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 21
The Legal Context of the Privacy Directive No access Pages 22 - 49
Data Protection and Information Technologies No access Pages 50 - 75
Effects of Data Protection Laws on Electronic Commerce No access Pages 76 - 89
Privacy Issues Affecting Many Organizations No access Pages 90 - 101
The Financial Services Sector No access Pages 102 - 121
Other Sectors with Large Transborder Activities No access Pages 122 - 151
Policy Recommendations for Privacy Issues No access Pages 152 - 196
The Internet, Electronic Commerce, and World Data Flows No access Pages 197 - 212
Appendix A: European Union Directive on Data Protection No access Pages 213 - 246
Appendix B: Summary of Potential Effects of the EU Directive No access Pages 247 - 260
