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Transborder Data Flow: Problems With The Council Of Europe Convention, Or Protecting States From Protectionism, Jane A. Zimmerman

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

This comment will discuss the current status of national data protection laws and their effect on the conflict between the individual interest in retaining personal privacy and the business interest in preserving the free flow of information. Such discussion will highlight the consequences of the proposed Council of Europe Convention's regulation of personal data. A brief look at the history f the information industry, as well as the costs of and justifications for transborder data flow, will serve to establish a framework for the issues and controversies which the Convention addresses. The comment will also focus on specific proviisons of …