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The governance of privacy : policy instruments in global perspective
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The governance of privacy : policy instruments in global perspective

Author: Colin J Bennett; Charles D Raab
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2006.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : [2nd and updated ed.]View all editions and formats
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The authors analyse privacy policy instruments available to industrial states, from government regulations and transnational regimes to self-regulation and privacy enhancing technologies, considering two possible dynamics of privacy regulation: a 'race to the bottom' versus 'a race to the top'.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Colin J Bennett; Charles D Raab
ISBN: 9780262524537 0262524538
OCLC Number: 62493620
Description: xxvii, 354 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Preface --
List of Abbreviations --
Introduction --
Part I Policy Goals --
The Privacy Paradigm --
Privacy Protection as Social Policy --
Privacy Protection as Trust Promotion and Risk Management --
Part II Policy Instruments --
Transnational Policy Instruments --
Legal Instruments and Regulatory Agencies --
Self-Regulatory Instruments --
Technological Instruments --
Part III Policy Impacts --
Privacy Regimes --
The Evaluation of Impact --
International Privacy Protection : A Race to the Top, the Bottom, or Somewhere Else? --
Notes --
Bibliography --
Index.
Responsibility: Colin J. Bennett and Charles D. Raab.

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