Data Protection: Too Personal to protect?

This article analyses the application of data protection legislation to sensitive personal data, particularly to genetic data, and asks whether the present framework may be adequate to respond to the very sensitive issues involved.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mark J Taylor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh 2006-03-01
Series:SCRIPTed: A Journal of Law, Technology & Society
Online Access:http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrb/script-ed/vol3-1/taylor.asp
Description
Summary:This article analyses the application of data protection legislation to sensitive personal data, particularly to genetic data, and asks whether the present framework may be adequate to respond to the very sensitive issues involved.
ISSN:1744-2567