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The Globalization of Privacy
Author(s) -
Regan PriscllaM.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
american journal of economics and sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1536-7150
pISSN - 0002-9246
DOI - 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1993.tb02546.x
Subject(s) - directive , data protection directive , european community , information privacy , politics , data protection act 1998 , business , globalization , information privacy law , european union , political science , general data protection regulation , privacy law , privacy policy , public administration , law , international trade , european union law , computer science , programming language
A bstract . The Council of Europe is currently considering a directive that would harmonize data protection laws throughout the European Community. If approved, this directive would affect exchanges of personal information between European countries and the United States. This article argues that the proposed Data Protection Directive will lead to a strengthening of American privacy laws. This will occur not as a simple reaction to a perceived economic threat, but because a number of social, economic and political changes in the privacy environment in the United States converge at this time. The European Directive presents an opportunity for policy change to occur, but will not be the cause of the change.