Datenschutz und transatlantische Freihandelszone

In the context of the negotiations on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership it is worth looking at commonalities and divergencies in data protection on both sides of the Atlantic. Whereas in the US the collection of personal data is unregulated in contrast to the later uses to which these...

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Format: eBook
Language:German
Published: KIT Scientific Publishing 2013
Series:Karlsruher Dialog zum Informationsrecht / Zentrum für Angewandte Rechtswissenschaft (ZAR), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
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NSA
Online Access:Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication
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Summary:In the context of the negotiations on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership it is worth looking at commonalities and divergencies in data protection on both sides of the Atlantic. Whereas in the US the collection of personal data is unregulated in contrast to the later uses to which these data are put, in Europe the collection is considered to curtail rights of the data subject and therefore needs justification. The revelations on the activities of the National Security Agency show the urgent need to reach an international agreement about the limits of intelligence activities.
Physical Description:1 online resource (24 p. p.)
ISBN:9783731500865
KSP/1000036116
Access:Open Access