POLICY ISSUES IN DATA PROTECTION AND PRIVACY - CONCEPTS AND PERSPECTIVES - PROCEEDINGS OF THE (ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR, 24TH 1026TH JUNE 1974 OECO

• NCJ Number: 43051
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 324 pages
• Sale Source: Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development
• Publication Type: Conference Material
• Language: English
• Country: France

Annotation

THIS PUBLICATION CONSTITUTES THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SEMINAR ON DATA PROTECTION AND PRIVACY HELD AT OECD FROM JUNE 24-26, 1974.

Abstract

THE INTIATIVE TO HOLD THE DEMINAR CAME FROM THE DATA BANK PANEL CREATED BY THE OCED COMPUTER UTILIZATION GROUP IN ORDER TO STUDY POLICY ISSUES ARISING FROM THE WIDESPREAD USE OF COMPUTERIZED DATA BANKS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE SEMINAR WAS TO HIGHLIGHT A RAGE OF POLICY OPTIONS RELATING TO DATA PROTECTION AND PRIVACY AT A TIME WHEN INTENSIVE EFFORTS WERE BEING MADE IN OCED MEMBER COUNTRIES WITH A VIEW TO PREPARING APPROPRIATE LEGISLATION. THE TWENTY-THREE BACKGROUND REPORTS PRESENTED COVER REGULATORY INSTRUMENTS FOR DATA PROTECTION, THE PERSONAL IDENTIFIER ISSUE AND PRIVACY, RIGHT OF CITIZEN ACCESS TO THEIR FILE, RULES FOR TRANSBORDER DATA FLOWS, AND THE COSTS OF DATA SECURITY. A LIST OF SEMINAR PARTICIPANTS, BY COUNTRY IS ALSO INCLUDED. THE COUNTRIES SREPRESENTED WERE AS FOLLOWS: AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, CANADA, DENMARK, FINLAND FRANCE, GERMANY, IRELAND, ITALY, JAPAN THE NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, SPAIN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE UNITED STATES, AND YUGOSLAVIA. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)...ELW