None of your business : world data flows, electronic commerce, and the European privacy directive /

None of your business : world data flows, electronic commerce, and the European privacy directive /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Swire, Peter P.
Imprint:	Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c1998.
Description:	ix, 269 p. : 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	European Parliament. -- European Union directive on data protection. European Union directive on data protection (European Parliament) Data protection -- Law and legislation -- European Union countries. Data protection -- Law and legislation. Europe -- European Union countries.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3502359

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Other authors / contributors:	Litan, Robert E., 1950-
ISBN:	0815782403 (alk. paper) 081578239X (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. The Legal Context of the Privacy Directive
3. Data Protection and Information Technologies
4. Effects of Data Protection Laws on Electronic Commerce
5. Privacy Issues Affecting Many Organizations
6. The Financial Services Sector
7. Other Sectors with Large Transborder Activities
8. Policy Recommendations for Privacy Issues
9. The Internet, Electronic Commerce, and World Data Flows
Appendix A. European Union Directive on Data Protection
Appendix B. Summary of Potential Effects of the EU Directive
Index