Regulating Privacy: Data Protection and Public Policy in Europe and the United States

Colin J. Bennett

Published by Cornell University Press 1992

Regulating Privacy

Data Protection and Public Policy in Europe and the United States

Colin J. Bennett

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501722134

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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 legislation that the United States, Britain, West Germany, and Sweden forged from the late 1960's to the 1980's to protect citizens from unwanted computer dissemination of personal information.

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Colin J. Bennett is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Victoria, British Columbia.

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. The Policy Problem Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
2. The Politics of Data Protection Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
3. Evidence of Policy Convergence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
4. Explaining the Convergence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
5. The Choice of Policy Instruments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
6. Explaining the Divergence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
7. Policy Determinants, Styles, and Predictions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	220
Selected Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261

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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 288
Keywords: Legal History & Studies; History Of Technology

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Published: July 5, 2018
ISBN: 9781501722134