Regulating privacy : data protection and public policy in Europe and the United States /

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The information revolution has brought with it the technology for easily collecting personal information about individuals, a facility that inherently threatens personal privacy. Colin J. Bennett here examines political responses to the data protection issue in four Western democracies, comparing le...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bennett, Colin J. (Colin John), 1955-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1992.
Subjects:
Data protection > Law and legislation > Europe.
Privacy, Right of > Europe.
Data protection > Law and legislation > United States.
Privacy, Right of > United States.
Protection de l'information (Informatique) > Droit > Europe.
Droit à la vie privée > Europe.
Protection de l'information (Informatique) > Droit > États-Unis.
Droit à la vie privée > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Science & Technology Policy.
Data protection > Law and legislation.
Privacy, Right of.
Datenschutz
Rechtspolitik
Rechtsvergleich
Databescherming.
Privacy.
Persoonsgegevens.
Protection de l'information (Informatique) > Droit > Etats-Unis.
Droit à la vie privée > Etats-Unis.
Europe.
United States.
USA
USA.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Policy Problem
  • 2. The Politics of Data Protection
  • 3. Evidence of Policy Convergence
  • 4. Explaining the Convergence
  • 5. The Choice of Policy Instruments
  • 6. Explaining the Divergence
  • 7. Policy Determinants, Styles, and Predictions.

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