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Global privacy law update.

The Computer & Internet Lawyer

| June 01, 2003 | Bentivoglio, John; Cortez, Nathan; Kirk, Sarah | COPYRIGHT 2003 Aspen Publishers, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Privacy is a growing legal and regulatory challenge for companies, as numerous countries have or are considering new laws to protect individual privacy. This is part of a worldwide trend to give greater privacy protection to personal information in the private sector. These laws in large part reflect the growing concern of consumers that their personal information is not protected adequately. Despite this trend, there is little uniformity among the laws in effect, especially outside the European Union. Even within the European Union, laws implementing the EU's Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC) diverge in certain areas. As such, this article provides an update on recent ...

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