Government access to private-sector data in the United Kingdom

International Data Privacy Law

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 230-238

  Brown, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84890361772     PISSN: 20443994     EISSN: 20444001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/idpl/ips018     Document Type: Article

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