European Data Privacy Law and Online Business

"Beginning with a detailed description of the legislative process, the book goes on to discuss the basic legal concepts underlying data privacy law. It then focuses on how to determine whether EU law applies to particular electronic commerce and online activities, and how to transfer personal data outside Europe so as to comply with EU law. The book also includes a comprehensive analysis of how to deal with complex compliance challenges, including notification of databases, processing of employee data, privacy policies, codes of conduct, and website compliance and standardization." "The key legislative texts needed to deal with complex data privacy issues are included in the appendices, along with forms and precedents, contact information for data protection authorities, and links to useful websites. The book is fully up-to-date with the amendments to the Telecommunications Data Protection Directive passed in the summer of 2002."--BOOK JACKET.