The Privacy Law Sourcebook 1999:

United States Law, International Law
and Recent Developments

TABLE OF CONTENTS

UNITED STATES LAW 1

FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT (1970) 1
PRIVACY ACT (1974) 38
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (1974) 57
FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ACT (1974) 68
RIGHT TO FINANCIAL PRIVACY ACT (1978) 74
PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT (1980) 95
CABLE COMMUNICATIONS POLICY ACT (1984) 100
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS PRIVACY ACT (1986) 103
VIDEO PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT (1988) 137
EMPLOYEE POLYGRAPH PROTECTION ACT (1988) 140
TELEPHONE CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT (1991) 149
DRIVER'S PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT (1994) 158
TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT (1996) [EXCERPT] 162
CHILDREN'S ON-LINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT (1999) 165

INTERNATIONAL PRIVACY LAW 174

UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (1948) 174
OECD PRIVACY GUIDELINES (1980) 179
COUNCIL OF EUROPE CONVENTION ON PRIVACY (1981) 206
UN GUIDELINES FOR THE REGULATION OF COMPUTERIZED
PERSONAL FILES (1990) 215
EUROPEAN UNION DATA PROTECTION DIRECTIVE (1995) 219
EUROPEAN UNION DIRECTIVE FOR THE PROTECTION OF
PRIVACY IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR (1997) 246
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT
(BRITISH COLUMBIA 1993) 260
OECD CRYPTOGRAPHY GUIDELINES (1997) 305
HONG KONG PERSONAL DATA (PRIVACY) ORDINANCE (1996) 314
LAW FOR INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION (GERMANY 1997) 368

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS 387

CSA MODEL CODE FOR THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL
INFORMATION (CANADA 1996) 387
INDIVIDUAL REFERENCE SERVICES INDUSTRY PRINCIPLES (US 1997) 389
POSSIBLE WAYS FORWARD IN ASSESSING ADEQUACY (EC 1997) 394
ANONYMITY ON THE INTERNET (EC 1997) 404
JUDGING INDUSTRY SELF-REGULATION: WHEN DOES IT MAKE A
MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTION TO THE LEVEL OF DATA
PROTECTION IN A THIRD COUNTRY (EC 1998) 416
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ACT (US) 422
RECOMMENDATION 1/99 ON INVISIBLE AND AUTOMATIC PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA ON THE INTERNET PERFORMED BY SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE (EC 1999) 456
RECOMMENDATION ON THE RESPECT OF PRIVACY IN THE CONTEXT OF INTERCEPTION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS (EC 1999) 460
WORKING PARTY SECOND ANNUAL REPORT (EC 1998) 466
MINISTERIAL DECLARATION ON THE PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ON
GLOBAL NETWORKS (OECD 1998) 501
MATERIALS ON "SAFE HARBOR" PROPOSAL 505

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 530

PRIVACY RESOURCES 532

AGENCIES 532
NATIONAL LEGISLATION 535
ORGANIZATIONS 539
PUBLICATIONS 545
WEB SITES 547