Journal article
EU data protection reform: Opportunities and concerns
Last year, the European Commission proposed a comprehensive reform of the EU’s data protection rules. The proposed regulation has been surrounded by fi erce controversy and has been the subject of frenzied lobbying by global corporations, industry groups, research centres and privacy campaigners on both sides of the Atlantic.
This Forum applies cool economic reasoning to this heated issue. What are the potential economic benefi ts of EU harmonisation? Will the proposed regulation negatively impact the competitiveness and innovation of European fi rms in the global marketplace? Or could it jeopardise attempts to protect privacy as a fundamental right in civil societies?
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
Year: | 2013 |
Pages: | 268-285 |
Journal subtitle: | Review of European Economic Policy |
ISSN: | 1613964x and 00205346 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10272-013-0470-y |