None of your business : world data flows, electronic commerce, and the European privacy directive / Peter P. Swire and Robert E. Litan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Swire, Peter P.

Contributor:

Litan, Robert E., 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Data protection--Law and legislation--European Union countries.

Data protection.

Data protection--Law and legislation.

European Union countries.

European Parliament. European Union directive on data protection.

European Parliament.

European Union directive on data protection (European Parliament).

Physical Description:

ix, 269 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [1998]

Summary:

Beginning in October 1998, the historic European Union Directive on Data Protection will prohibit the transfer of personal information from Europe to other countries if they lack "adequate" protection of privacy. This book offers the first detailed analysis of the effects of the Directive and details how to avoid a possible trade war with Europe due to limitations imposed by the Directive.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0815782403

081578239X

OCLC:

39785922