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- Title
Private Parts: A Global Analysis of Privacy Protection Schemes and a Proposed Innovation for Their Comparative Evaluation.
- Authors
Pincus, Laura B.; Johns, Roger
- Abstract
Given recent technological advances, we now are able to invade personal privacy as never before. The challenge in the business community is to make the most of the opportunities presented by the growth in communication technology while, at the same time, protecting what remains of individual privacy. The conflict between technological advances and privacy concerns is not new, but it has grown exponentially in recent years, and the development of a data protection scheme in the European Union lends a certain economic urgency to meeting the challenge. Pursuant to a Directive adopted by the European Union, privacy protections throughout the EU must become more stringent and consistent throughout EU member countries. One area of great concern to the United States is the Directive's requirement for certain minimum standards of privacy protection in countries receiving information from member countries. Given the limited protections available in the United States, it does not appear that the United States meets these minimum standards. The purpose of this paper is to critically analyze the existing measurements of global privacy protections and to propose a new model which allows for their comparative evaluation.
- Subjects
EUROPEAN Union countries; UNITED States; PRIVACY; TECHNOLOGY &; society; TELECOMMUNICATION policy; INFORMATION ethics; GLOBALIZATION &; society; RIGHT of privacy -- Government policy; DISCLOSURE laws; COMMUNICATION &; technology -- Social aspects; DATA transmission system laws; BUSINESS networks; MANAGEMENT; INTERNATIONAL cooperation
- Publication
Journal of Business Ethics, 1997, Vol 16, Issue 12/13, p1237
- ISSN
0167-4544
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1023/A:1005746000135