Negotiating Privacy: The European Union, the United States, and Personal Data Protection

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	2005/211 pages/LC: 2005005663 iPolitics: Global Challenges in the Information Age

Analyzing the negotiation of the original 1995 EU Data Protection Directive, the 2000 Safe Harbor Agreement, and the 2004 Passenger Name Record Agreement, Heisenberg shows that the degree to which business vs. consumer interests were factored into governments' positions was the source not only of U.S.-EU conflicts, but also of their resolution. She finds, too, that public opinion in Europe and the U.S. has been remarkably similar—and thus cannot account for official U.S. reaction to the issues raised by the EU privacy directive. More broadly, Negotiating Privacy sheds important light on both the relationship between the U.S. and the EU and the relationship between domestic issues and the development of international rules.

• Data Privacy: Setting the International Standard.
• Why the Conflict? Exploring Public Opinion and Business Concerns.
• Keeping Business Out of the Loop: Negotiating the European Data Protection Directive.
• Keeping Privacy Advocates Out of the Loop: Negotiating the Safe Harbor Agreement.
• The EU Standard Gains Critical Mass: International Responses.
• Implementing the Safe Harbor Agreement: How Well Does It Work?
• New Controversies Test the EU Privacy Standard.
• Implications for the Future.
• Appendixes: Comparing the European Data Protection Directive and the OECD Guidelines.
• Synopsis of US Federal Privacy Legislation.