Transborder Data Flow Spring 2000

Reading assignments (Spring 2000)

This page contains links to some of the assigned readings for the seminar. The complete list of reading assignments (some of which are not available on the web) appears in the syllabus.


February 15, 2000

Please try to obtain the textbooks before the first class meeting. These textbooks will not be available in John Marshall's bookstore, but you can obtain them at a discount through the sources indicated here.

Please read pages 1-89 in None of Your Business before the first class meeting. (The syllabus will be distributed at that time.) Also, please subscribe to the mailing list on eGroups if you are enrolled in the seminar.


February 22, 2000

Privacy Law Sourcebook 1999:
pp. 1-37 -- Fair Credit Reporting Act (1970)
pp. 68-73 -- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (1974)
pp. 100-02 -- Cable Communications Privacy Act (1984)
pp. 158-73 -- Driver's Privacy Protection Act (1994),
      Telecommunications Act (1996) [excerpt],
      Children's On-line Privacy Protection Act (1999)


Reno v. Condon, 120 S. Ct. 666 (Jan. 12, 2000)


February 29, 2000

Privacy Law Sourcebook 1999:
pp. 179-205 -- OECD Privacy Guidelines (1980)  [Europa]
pp. 206-14 -- Council of Europe Convention on Privacy (1981)  [UN | PI]
pp. 215-18 -- UN Guidelines for Computerized Personal Data Files (1990)  [UMN | HRI]
pp. 219-45 -- European Union Data Protection Directive (1995)  [PI]
pp. 246-59 -- European Union Telecommunications Privacy Directive (1997)  [I*M | DK]
Alternate links (in brackets) may be incomplete or less authoritative.


March 28, 2000

Privacy Law Sourcebook 1999:
pp. 394-403 -- Working Party Discussion Document: Assessing Adequacy (1997)
pp. 416-21 -- Working Party Working Document: Judging Self-Regulation (1988)
pp. 521-29 -- Working Party Opinion 1/99: Data Protection in the U.S.,
      Working Party Opinion 2/99: Adequacy of Safe Harbor Principles


U.S. Department of Commerce "Safe Harbor" Principles
Note: The most recent information may be on this page instead.

European Commission Data Protection Working Party materials


April 4, 2000

Privacy Law Sourcebook 1999:
pp. 387-93 -- CSA Model Code (1996) [PE | IC],  IRSG Principles (1997) [CDB]
pp. 404-15 -- Working Party Recommendation 3/97: Anonymity on the Internet
pp. 456-59 -- Working Party Recommendation 1/99: Invisible Processing

 


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