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Peer reviewedRubin, Michael Rogers – Library Hi Tech, 1988
The second of three articles on abusive data collection and usage practices and their effect on personal privacy, discusses the evolution of data protection laws worldwide, and compares the scope, major provisions, and enforcement components of the laws. A chronology of key events in the regulation of computer databanks in included. (1 reference)…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Databases, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
Peer reviewedRubin, Michael Rogers – Library Hi Tech, 1987
Describes the development and current uses of computerized databases of information about individuals by the government and private agencies, especially credit bureaus, and discusses three major categories of abusive information practices that threaten personal privacy: information collection, information dissemination, and information management…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Computer Networks, Confidential Records, Credit (Finance)
