Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Swire, Peter P.

Publication

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

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Additional Authors

Litan, Robert E., 1950-

Description

ix, 269 pages; 24 cm

Summary

• 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.

Subject

• European Parliament
• Data protection > Law and legislation > European Union countries

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 -- App. A. European Union Directive on Data Protection -- App. B. Summary of Potential Effects of the EU Directive.

ISBN

• 0815782403 (alk. paper)
• 081578239X (pib. : alk. paper)

LCCN

98025515

OCLC

ocm39785922

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries