The adequacy of privacy: The european union data protection directive and the north american response

Information Society

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 245-264

  Bennett, Colin J ^a   Raab, Charles D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data Protection; Europe; Privacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031525484     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/019722497129124     Document Type: Article

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